Futuristic elevated bus that allow two lanes of cars to pass underneath it, takes first test drive in China

A bizarre elevated bus that can straddle the road, allowing two lanes of cars to pass underneath it, has been tested for the first time in China.
The Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) is 22m long, 7.8m wide and 4.8m high. It is powered by electricity and runs on rails laid on either side of the road.

The test drive took place along a 300m stretch of road in the northern Chinese city of Qinhuangdao on Tuesday. As the video shows, the bus moved extremely slowly and stopped to pick up passengers.
The finished version should be able to hit speeds of 40 mph. It will be able to carry up to 300 passengers in one carriage, and up to four carriages can be linked together.

Designs for the TEB have come on a long way since they were first revealed at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo in May 2016.
Back then, engineers unveiled a toy-sized model of the TEB, causing great excitement among attendees. A month later, developers announced that a full-size version of the TEB would be ready for a test-run in August.

"The biggest advantage is that the bus will save lots of road space," the project's chief engineer, Song Youzhou, told state-media agency Xinhua earlier this year.
"The TEB has the same functions as the subway, while its cost of construction is less than one fifth of the subway," another engineer, Bai Zhiming, told news outlet CCTV.