The Shrine

An interesting idea, but... the way it took the curves seemed like magic. As in what? How? The sections just can't be together like that and have it turn that way. Either it turns like a real bus and requires a gigantic radius (probably requiring entire intersections to shut down lol) or each section gets spaced out like a subway/train which means you'd have to have multiple elevators and shit. I dunno. Doesn't seem feasible like they want it in the video.

It's basically a really weird tram that expects no minivans or SUVs to ever be on the road.

Here's the article I found it on: http://www.citylab.com/tech/2016/05/can ... ty/483953/

Julius Seeker wrote:It's basically a really weird tram that expects no minivans or SUVs to ever be on the road.

The clearance looks pretty high. High enough for any SUV or minivan. The roads these ran on would have to be special designed to prevent any too-tall vehicles from accessing them. You couldn't, for instance, have this:

Shrinweck wrote:An interesting idea, but... the way it took the curves seemed like magic. As in what? How? The sections just can't be together like that and have it turn that way. Either it turns like a real bus and requires a gigantic radius (probably requiring entire intersections to shut down lol) or each section gets spaced out like a subway/train which means you'd have to have multiple elevators and shit. I dunno. Doesn't seem feasible like they want it in the video.

As for the turning radius the CG video seemed unrealistic. The model in the gif below looks more realistic. HUGE turning radius. About the same as interstate highway turning radiuses. I think you'd be able to move between sections like in a light-rail train.

I'd be very interested in knowing how it would operate at a four-way traffic light with people waiting to turn under it when it needs to go straight. Would there just straight up be a moment with the light where for 5-10 seconds all the directions have a red light so it can get through?

It looks like they finally have a prototype of this ready & took it for a test run. Although it's... a little smaller than previously planned.