Sources from Beijing have stated that China has tested a huge straddle bus, which has a revolutionary design that lets cars drive underneath and can carry up to 1,400 passengers, saving not only the road space but also reducing air pollution.
It is stated that the transit elevated bus TEB-1, was on road test in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province yesterday, and the bus is powered by electricity and is 22 meter long, 7.8-meter wide, where it was tested on a specially laid track.
Meanwhile the passenger compartment of this futuristic public bus rises far above other vehicles on the road, allowing cars to pass underneath and the design of the bus has made headlines all over the world when it was released in May this year by a Chinese firm.
The Beijing based Transit Explore Bus which displayed in the high-tech expo in the city and the passenger compartment spans two traffic lanes and sits high above the road surface on a pair of stilts, leaving the road clear for ordinary cars to pass underneath and regardless of whether the bus is moving or not, cars under 2 meters high can easily pass through.
