Future Bus ?

[joaozinhoplbr]

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The future coach of big cities.The bus in China that promises to be fast in traffic jams and takes around 1,200 people .

[Leanden]

http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php? ... raddle+bus

Was looked at a couple of years ago, no way atm to bring it into the game unfortunately.

Looks cool however.

[joaozinhoplbr]

http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php? ... raddle+bus

Was looked at a couple of years ago, no way atm to bring it into the game unfortunately.

Looks cool however.

Yes, but the project got off the ground now

[Drury]

the project got off the ground

Yeah anyway this thing. I don't like it. It's not as good as some other, simpler solution to this problem.

[Chrill]

There are several drawbacks to this:

1. Traffic danger. Do you seriously expect people in traffic to always keep an eye out for this one? They are moving in and out of lanes, someone will stop on the tracks and a crash is unavoidable.
2. This is meant to alleviate congestion, yet it is designed around the very notion that congestion exists. If anything, it permits people to keep taking the car. The vehicle is adjusted for cars, rather than the other way around.
3. It's not a bus. It's a tram. Just saying.
4. No trucks can drive underneath it anyway. It would also be limited to routes with no overhead bridges and similar.

[Drury]

This is how fast it's going to take the curves, at best. Keep in mind this thing is much heavier than those trains and has a higher center of gravity, and even though the rails are far apart, there's only so much lateral force they can take.

Except unlike this, it's at street level so everyone has to wait for it to budge. On a supposedly congested 2-lane highway intersection.

I'd say if you have the vertical space to spare, build an elevated monorail. Safe, easy. Higher construction costs at first, but compared to this, it will pay for itself faster and actually do the job it was built to do.

[Chrill]

I'd say if you have the vertical space to spare, build an elevated monorail. Safe, easy. Higher construction costs at first, but compared to this, it will pay for itself faster and actually do the job it was built to do.

Yup. This feels like a bad compromise between a bus and an elevated railway, with the worst features of the two being combined to make this.

[Pilot]

That junction on the Chicago thing looks crazy! Looks like something I would have built in OTTD all those years ago!

I do like the fact that the trains go over it at such a slow speed as to be able to stop in time if they see a potential collision!

[Chris]

Building an elevated railway would completely ruin the streetscape though, whereas this bus thing wouldn't

[Drury]

Building an elevated railway would completely ruin the streetscape though, whereas this bus thing wouldn't

It's not all that bad when properly designed

[Chrill]

Although the Chicago L is an example where it really does ruin it

[Pyoro]

Well, it has its own charm ... and sunlight is overrated anyway.

[Drury]

Although the Chicago L is an example where it really does ruin it

It really is a wonder

[Translink]

One of those over ambitious projects that will probably never come about. I can see this going down the same tracks as the APT did, just at a broader gauge

[supermop]

Although the Chicago L is an example where it really does ruin it

You say "ruin", we say "adds character"

[Translink]

Seriously, though. I am greatly disappointed with whoever came up with... this.

How are you going make repairs to the power supply without tearing the road apart?
What if the emergency door opens out in front of a lorry doing the ton?
What if a passenger can't get to the lifts cause of congestion? (seriously, though, those lifts look so awkward)
Not to mention that the designers are hypocritical as they say that building an elevated railway is expensive but this... thing apparently isn't.

I am hugely dissapointed as it is clearly obvious little thought has gone into this. This sort of material would not even be worthy of a C in a GCSE project...

[Ameecher]

My biggest issue with this is that it claims to solve congestion but actively encouraging car use by freeing the road up underneath. Make the car unattractive and then there will be room for buses or light rail on the ground.

[LondonCentralB7TL]

Now how many fools will try to turn their car when the bus comes?

[Drury]

Now how many fools will try to turn their car when the bus comes?

We'll find out soon enough

[kamnet]

i'm still trying to visualize how to pull this off in OpenTTD.