Meet the Chinese Super Bus!

Asia will be one of the topics explored at Lift11. Marc Laperrouza - a two time speaker and active member of our community - writes a blog on China titled Time to look east. Here is an intriguing project he spotted: the super bus, a vehicle that lets traffic flow while loading and unloading passengers.

For an etymological take on super - from latin “supra” meaning above - there is no need to go further than…Shenzhen, home of Hashi Future Parking Equipment.

What looks like a whale swallowing cars is in fact a project to maximize mobility on a given stretch. For now buses are “in competition” for space with cars. The super bus project aims to improve mobility (up to 30%) on a given stretch by superimposing a moving structure on top of the road.

On the one hand this may sound like a good idea given the level of road congestion in Chinese cities. On the other hand one can just imagine the chaos caused by an accident “under the bus”. We will soon be fixed as whether there is any future for the project as the superstructure will soon be tested on the outskirts of Beijing.

Here is a video presentation of the project officially titled 3D express coach:

Related links:
• Link to original post.
• Marc's talk on Mobile in Asia (Lift08).
• Time to look east, weekly column on Chinese innovation and technologies.