China is investigating that weird, traffic-straddling bus, which in retrospect was totally a scam
Last year, the internet briefly caught fire when pictures of a weird, elevated bus that glides above traffic began circulating around. The so-called “straddling bus” was held up as a solution to China’s notorious traffic problems, but all anyone wanted to talk about was how it looked like the bus was eating cars, or how insane anyone would have to be to actually drive underneath.
But as the months ticked by, the Transit Elevated Bus (as it was
known) failed to stand up to much scrutiny.
Jalopnik noticed
how shabby the thing looked on closer inspection. And when CNN sent its
reporters to investigate further, all they discovered was a “hulking
eyesore” that was causing traffic rather than shuttling passengers above it.
