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Posted by Concourse Express on Tue Aug 28 01:05:21 2012 (Apologies if already posted.)It's a 30 m (~98.4 ft)-long double-articulated hybrid bus. Link here, story below: ====================================================================== Dresden test drives longest ever bus Published: 23 Aug 12 10:30 CET Dresden has unveiled the Autotram Extra Grand, an unfeasibly long bus meant to revolutionize public transport systems - combining the capacity of a train with the manoeuvrability [sic] of a bus. It's 30 metres [sic] long, has two waists, and can carry 256 passengers along busy urban streets anywhere. Not only that, the Autotram can be driven by any bus driver - no special license needed. Designed and built by the Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI in Dresden and the Technical University Dresden, the bus is currently undergoing tests in special facilities outside the city, but is set to make its debut in Dresden traffic - on normal routes with real passengers - in October. "There is a lot of know-how invested in it - the computer is driven by a pretty clever steering algorithm," Matthias Klingner, the institute's director told The Local. The Autotram comes with a special steering system on its four regulated axles, which ensures that the back sections of the bendy-bus precisely follow the front section. "Thanks to this patented multiple axis steering, the vehicle can manoeuvre [sic] just as easily as a 12-metre bus, forwards as well as backwards," an institute statement said. "There's no problem with the manoeuvrability [sic] and stability, but we have to see how such a long bus affects normal city traffic," said Klingner. He added that the project had received a lot of interest from cities around the world looking for a cheap public transport system. "The basic problem is expense," he said. "Building a tram from scratch nowadays, including all the necessary infrastructure, power lines and so on, costs around €10 million per kilometre. [sic]" Klingner said there had been a lot of interest from cities in the developing world, Russia, and some German towns, including Würzburg and Ingolstadt. "But in Dresden itself it probably won't be needed," he added. "There is already a pretty well-developed tram system here." The Autotram also runs on a fuel-efficient hybrid engine, which integrates a combustion engine and electric motors. It can travel eight kilometres [sic] on pure battery power. ====================================================================== visit my blog! |
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Posted by heypaul on Tue Aug 28 06:44:49 2012, in response to World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by Concourse Express on Tue Aug 28 01:05:21 2012. Here's a video of a demonstration of the bus. Go about 7 minutes into the video to see it move.Autotram extra grande |
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Posted by Concourse Express on Tue Aug 28 10:47:55 2012, in response to Re: World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by heypaul on Tue Aug 28 06:44:49 2012. Cool! Thanks for the link!visit my blog! |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Tue Aug 28 11:46:08 2012, in response to World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by Concourse Express on Tue Aug 28 01:05:21 2012. Wow. That is a long bus!Just what the Bx12 SBS needs! manoeuvrability … metres … manoeuvre … kilometre … kilometres The use of [sic] implies that whatever precedes it is improperly written. In each case where it is used in the original post, the words are not improperly written; they are perfectly acceptable spellings of English words. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Tue Aug 28 12:09:01 2012, in response to Re: World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by R36 #9346 on Tue Aug 28 11:46:08 2012. That's just sic! |
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Posted by Concourse Express on Tue Aug 28 12:09:53 2012, in response to Re: World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by R36 #9346 on Tue Aug 28 11:46:08 2012. Such a bus could be a hard sell on the Bx12 +SBS given Fordham Road's heavy traffic......as for my usage of [sic], I thought it made sense given the dictionary definition: intentionally so written —used after a printed word or passage to indicate that it is intended exactly as printed or to indicate that it exactly reproduces an original. That said, thanks for the tip... visit my blog! |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Aug 28 17:18:20 2012, in response to Re: World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by heypaul on Tue Aug 28 06:44:49 2012. That's not a bus, it's a rubber tire train ! hehBill Newkirk |
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Posted by Euclid Avenue A Train on Tue Aug 28 19:21:24 2012, in response to World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by Concourse Express on Tue Aug 28 01:05:21 2012. 96ft bus?!?! when at a bus stop would block 2 possibly 3 cross streets! |
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Posted by SJP7121 on Tue Aug 28 22:22:25 2012, in response to World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by Concourse Express on Tue Aug 28 01:05:21 2012. Why...................just Why................That makes no damned sense. Just get more 60' buses instead of making a train on wheels. It looks damned slow, and even better, you'd have to find a good street to turn that sucker around.......why.......... |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Wed Aug 29 02:11:40 2012, in response to Re: World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by SJP7121 on Tue Aug 28 22:22:25 2012. It says it will have the turning radius of the smaller buses |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Wed Aug 29 08:30:03 2012, in response to Re: World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by Euclid Avenue A Train on Tue Aug 28 19:21:24 2012. That's longer than most (all?) railcars! |
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Posted by Euclid Avenue A Train on Wed Aug 29 16:08:43 2012, in response to Re: World's longest bus to debut in Germany, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Wed Aug 29 08:30:03 2012. I believe the longest bus allowed by the FTA and USdot is 65" |
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