cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17528988
Guided bus
Theyre from Adelaide and they call it the O-Bahn.
Idiots occasionally drive their cars onto the track entrances near the city.
How are they different from streetcars?
They can also be used on non-guided tracks — ie. vehicles cleared to work on roads too with a driver. More versatile.
Is oftentimes better than a master of one.
People always miss that bit out.
If the buses use electric traction and charge continuously whilst on the guideway, that could be a win, in allowing for smaller batteries and less downtime than a regular electric bus (especially if the unguided portion of the route is a “last mile”, comprising a relatively small proportion of the route). If they’re just regular diesel buses, it seems somewhat pointless.
I just found this cool video explaining how it works, seems very simple.
But the comment section is terrible.
