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  • 03-08-2016 3:13pm
    #1
    micosoft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭


    I saw the model last year and thought it was an interesting thought experiment but the Chinese have actually managed to build a working model!
    Unlikely to work with our curved streets.... but interesting how they used the useless space above the roads...


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  • #2
    Musketeer4
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Musketeer4


    And whats supposed to happen when someone drives a van down the road?


  • #3
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    Musketeer4 wrote: »
    And whats supposed to happen when someone drives a van down the road?

    Then it just acts like normal and waits behind it, anything taller than a standard car on the road removes it's advantage somewhat. No mystery.


  • #4
    ClovenHoof
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭ClovenHoof


    Impressive.


  • #5
    cgcsb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Turning movements must be fun, they probably have a separate signalling system. I wonder for the cost, would an elevated railway/busway provide more capacity for your Yuan. Still though a nice innovation.


  • #6
    monument
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,097 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    This article sums up the flaws of the idea:

    http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2016-08/08/content_26388764.htm


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  • #7
    monument
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,097 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    The latest:

    'Straddling bus' locked up, all testing stopped after allegations surface that it's just a big scam http://shanghaiist.com/2016/08/08/straddling_bus_locked_up.php


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