China's "busy bus" aimed at avoiding traffic jams came true to real vehicles, and experimental driving started in the future

In the spring of 2016It was spread by SNS etc.In fact, there are many people who saw the "busy bus" in China which runs like crossing the road and clears traffic congestion. Many people thought that the eccentric idea was overwhelming, but such a bus was developed seriously, not just a simple story, how a real car was opened to the public in general. Furthermore, in the future, it is likely that driving experiments using actual cars will also be carried out.

China finally built an elevated bus that straddles traffic and it's totally bizarre | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/2/12360620/china-TEB-elevated-straddling-bus-unveiled

Located east of BeijingQinhuangdao(Chinfang Dao) published in the city "bus again" is a real car. Taking the acronym for "Transit Elevated Bus"TEB-1The bus named "Monorail 's body looks like the car body, and the upper half is the passenger space.


As you can see from the front, the lower part of the car body is tunnel shaped with a height of about 2.1 meters, which shows that the structure is such that a general passenger car fits snugly.


Looking from the side, it looks like this. You can see that the wheel that supports the car body is a dolly like a train.


Although this bus was talked about in 2016, the concept itself was actually announced in 2010, and the model was announced at the "19th China Beijing International High-tech Expo" held in 2016 It was open to the public.

Highlights of the 19th China Beijing International High-tech Expo [4] - Chinadaily.com.cn


The width of the passenger space is about 7.6 meters because it is a body with a width of two lanes of the road. The interior length is about 22 meters, and it is possible to transport 300 passengers in this space at once.


When a person stands before, the total height should be about 4.9 meters and you will know the huge. There are three kinds of lamps such as the signal installed in the leg part that supports the car body, and may be supposed to urge the driver to pay attention to the driving situation. Although it is a near future fuselage body, it is crisp and laughing that the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is settled inside the leg.


The state that the car body is actually being made is contained in the following movie.

Compartment of futuristic straddling bus comes into reality - YouTube


This TEB - 1 is supposed to carry out test runs on the actual road in the future. It is a place to worry about safety issues as to whether cars and pedestrians are involved or not because of a strange concept, but it seems that there will be interest in how the results of the test will be.