TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

China Planned to Launch Straddle Bus Enables Cars Passed Beneath It   

Transit Explore Bus has been working to launch Straddle Bus in two traffic lanes wide on July 2016. China Metropolitan Bus or straddling bus could carry 1,400 passengers, traveling at 60 km/hour and help to lower air pollution. Engineer Song Youzhou said that straddling bus, with the same function as subway, it costs only 16 % percent than a subway cost. Straddling bus has some advantages as time of manufacturing and construction could be done shorter than for subway, he added. The project gets sceptical response but Linda Poon, Citylab writer expected straddling bus project would change local people opinion on car ownership if it has good impact on air quality. (TI01/HU/24/May/16)