apperantly its from Shanghai and is also a sort of Bus? A Very odd machine…
It’s a gadgetbahn called the Translohr and it’s terrible. Just build a tram.
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I think the idea is to get a fixed guideway without the expense of laying down two rails, but in reality it’s just the worst of both buses and trams with some other extra problems.
That’s not the oddest one I’ve seen out of there, have you seen the Autonomous Rail Transit system?
This makes more sense to me. I don’t see any advantage to laying a physical rail if you are just building a bus.
You can make it longer, adding more passenger space.
A bus that long wouldn’t be able to make many turns except at the largest of intersections. Probably safer too since there’s less dependence on the driver being good. They just need to know when to speed up and hit the brakes.
Articulated buses can make tight turns and electronic guideways mean the driver doesn’t have to steer either. I guess this might be a method of making turns across roadways for curb guided buses, but this doesn’t appear to be a guideway bus. It also doesn’t look like it could go over a bump.
The only advantage I can think of is more easily lining it up with level boarding platforms.
But buses on an electronic guideway can do that too.
Monotram
Is there a chance the track could bend?
Not a chance.
