Straddling Buses

[mykro]

China has invented a concept called the straddling bus which elevates itself over the inside (fast) lanes, allowing cars to zoom underneath even when it's stopped at a bus stop. High vehicles eg trucks, and those vehicles that are turning off would travel in the outside (slow) lane.

http://bigthink.com/ideas/21675
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/chin ... der-video/

I can't help but wonder if this concept would work well for Adelaide's north/south corridor where buses routinely block traffic. It seems a very cost effective retrofit to existing street designs, as long as the necessary three lanes are available.

[Nort]

Our roads are nowhere near congested enough to need something like this, it certainly is a different idea though!

[Aidan]

I'm amazed they plan to actually build this - the situation seems much better suited to a monorail IMO.

[Hooligan]

It's an obahn on roids