Bus envy soon to hit Shanghai?

In Curitiba, PR, Brazil is 25M. "Biarticulado". Since of 1992.

View:

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Those busses drive on the streets of my hometown in Germany since August 2005.

We have them in the UK too, we call them trains!

that's ridiculous, asians are bad at driving as it is.

Try make a left or right turn with that!

Looks dangerous... if a problem occurs, hard to slow down and correct. I think the bus should be driven slowly and carefully.

same thing in france... I saw them in the late eighties, but I think they were immediatly dropped because they're not designed for inner city traffic

They always seem to be compensating for something ;-)

ya, biggest everything right? Not in the pants.

That company in China only assembles buses from Neoplan. This thing is designed and manufactured in Germany by Neoplan and shipped to China as a kitset for that Chinese company to assemble to avoid import tariffs.

these have been around for a while here in bogota, colombia. with separate lanes and stations its the closest we have to a "tube" system. we call it transmilenio.

Such long buses are used in Utrecht, The Netherlands since approx. 2002:

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looks like duct tape

These already drive around in Utrecht for about 2 years... so NO, China was not the first and not the longest.

They should take a more out-of-the-box approach to their transportation troubles. They need to be thinking for the 21st century, A really long bus? c'mon

Certianly not the largest bus in the world. Over here in France this is the classic size for all buses...

Where did they copy it this time from?

yes we have these in louisiana as well, except they do not have wheels and just sit in your yard. we are waiting on a new alternator.

We don't quite have buses this long in australia. Road trains only operate on interstate highways and usually move livestock. They're not people movers. The largest common, inner city buses are as long as the last two sections of this bus, with a similar mid-section.

We don't quite have buses this long in australia. Road trains only operate on interstate highways and usually move livestock. They're not people movers. The largest common, inner city buses are as long as the last two sections of this bus, with a similar mid-section.

*eager to see the 1st accident*

I didn't look into it at all but one would hope this vehicle and others like it are alternatively fueled.

This is rediculous, who needs this?

China needs to rethink what they're putting their energy into.

yes in kazahkstan we have cart very similar to this bus

And australian roadtrains are upto 53m long

They have had them in London, England for some time

Just more people to die when it crashes....

The road trains in Australia (and many other places?) are trucks with multiple trailers... not a single bus.

hmm, so china missed that one again. I know that double bus can run okey in cities without special lanes. But triple will probably need its own lanes.

They should have these in Cork

Hello folks!

Here in São Paulo we have a similar bus, but slightly bigger. It's called "biarticulado" and it's 27 meters long. I couldn't find good pictures of it, but just posted a video on Sampaist. Check it out:

Watch the video here

We have those here in Australia too, there are called 'Road Trains'. They are aloud up to 45 meter's long and kill anything that steps out in front of it. There are sadly speed restricted to 100km/h.

This is old news here in Brazil. We have this kind of bus since 1999, we call it "biarticulado" and it only runs in special lanes built only for it.

I don't know about Hangzhou, but it will work we'll in Beijing, where it will be well suited for the long, wide, dead-straight boulevards of the capital. It will not do so well on Puxi's narrow, winding lanes.

Plus, think how many taxis and bicyclists one of these could run off the road at one go. Awe-inspiring.

Or just imagine trying to switch lanes!

Try parallel parking that!