cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17528988
Guided bus
Yeah, but what’s the advantage of it being guided? Instead it could have just be a private road that supports trolleybuses as well as emergency vehicles. Instead, it’s a gadgetbaun.
If it is travelling on a precise guideway (more precisely aligned than a traffic lane), then it is possible to transfer electrical power to it safely, either by aligning a pantograph with an overhead catenary or by a system of conductive rails, Once you can do that, the vehicle’s weight drops (as it doesn’t need to carry as much fuel), increasing carrying capacity and/or reducing the frequency of required road maintenance, Additionally, as electrical power is fungible (and can be sourced from whatever generation method is most economical), running costs are decreased over combustible fuel (as long as you don’t need to store it in the vehicle).
