Is the elevated Chinese bus really practical? Could it work?

Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) - Image via China Xinhua News

Last week, the massive Chinese elevated bus whose renderings had rocketed around the Internet made its first test run. The bus runs on rails embedded in the street, with room for cars to pass underneath it. Officially known as the Transit Elevated Bus, or TEB-1, it carried its first passengers on a stretch of street in the city of Qinhuangdao… …read more