Shanghaiist: Bus envy soon to hit Shanghai?

Diego

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:17:24 +0800

In Curitiba, PR, Brazil is 25M. "Biarticulado". Since of 1992. View: w w w . onibusdecuritiba.com.br/biarticulado.html

Michael

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:21:07 +0800

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

Geoff

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:24:39 +0800

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

jonnie vegas

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:58:42 +0800

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

Alboma

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:10:44 +0800

Try make a left or right turn with that!

amanda

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:15:13 +0800

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

alban

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:32:15 +0800

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

plex

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:59:30 +0800

They always seem to be compensating for something ;-)

Sean

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:52:23 +0800

ya, biggest everything right? Not in the pants.

heweitao

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:38:36 +0800

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.

nec

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:36:46 +0800

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.

Jan de Vries

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:02:00 +0800

Such long buses are used in Utrecht, The Netherlands since approx. 2002: [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

icowraq

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:55:33 +0800

looks like duct tape

Dexteroids

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:26:42 +0800

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

ASav

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:47:14 +0800

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

GuillaumeB

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:26:13 +0800

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

sdjh

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:22:20 +0800

Where did they copy it this time from?

you

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:38:34 +0800

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.

me

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:16:09 +0800

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.

me

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:15:29 +0800

andretii

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:35:21 +0800

*eager to see the 1st accident*

Wes

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:34:12 +0800

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

Kay

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:30:54 +0800

This is rediculous, who needs this? China needs to rethink what they're putting their energy into.

borat

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:03:23 +0800

yes in kazahkstan we have cart very similar to this bus

sdf

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:00:26 +0800

And australian roadtrains are upto 53m long

wipeout140

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:16:32 +0800

They have had them in London, England for some time

k

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:11:15 +0800

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

Elliot

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:50:52 +0800

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

kakarot

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:06:34 +0800

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.

Dankoozy

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:05:32 +0800

They should have these in Cork

Leandro

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:13:20 +0800

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

Mob_fur

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:26:23 +0800

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.

Adam

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:28:14 +0800

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.

Will

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:35:35 +0800

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.

Shnugi

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:04:21 +0800

Or just imagine trying to switch lanes!

Mitt

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:46:39 +0800

Try parallel parking that!