Popsci.com — If you’ve ever imagined yourself driving a monster truck over rush hour traffic, there might be a real job for you some day as a straddle bus driver.
Population-burdened transit systems in China may have a new and cheap solution in the form of a bus that glides two meters above the street up to 37 miles per hour (60 kilometers), on a set of rails. Think of a trolley car shaped like an arch. A prototype of this so-called straddle bus or “land-air bus” is being built by the company Transit Explore Bus, and is set to begin testing in Chengzhou at the end of July or August, according to New China TV.
The basic idea dates back to the 1960s, but hasn’t been pursued as a viable transportation option until now.
Hopefully Chinese drivers don’t have claustrophobia, or whatever the word is for the fear of a massive moving vehicle zooming overhead while you’re stuck in traffic.
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I like the point about technology being most useful when it quietly removes friction instead of adding more features to learn. Do you think the next big shift will come from better AI interfaces or from devices becoming less visible in everyday life?