http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/26/china-straddling-floating-bus-beat-traffic-jams
A Beijing company has unveiled spectacularly futuristic designs for a pollution-busting, elevated bus capable of gliding over the nightmarish mega-jams for which urban China has become notorious....
(http://imgur.com/ApZI3Uu.jpg)
Wow. I actually checked the date to make sure that wasn't a left over April 1st story.
They've been working on this since at least 2010. I've believe it when I see it.
^ sounds about right
Think of how terrifying it would be the first time one of those surrounds your car. Like Christmas vacation style with the semi truck. I don't see this solving the bigger problems over there.
I do love the concept and design.
This only works when the cars stay within their lanes...
(http://wpmedia.news.nationalpost.com/2014/02/china-smog-traffic.jpg?w=620&quality=65&strip=all&h=464)
Leave it to the Chinese to come up with a nightmarishly terrible solution for a nightmarishly terrible existing problem.
I bet when asked about the inspiration to build such an awkward out-of-place monstrosity he said something like "Shout Outs and Madlove to the Jacksonville Florida Straddlin' Skyway"!
Japan came out with this nearly 60 years ago.
https://youtu.be/tHExprbw198