reporter left Qing Intern Lv Yiran Gao Wei took
21 days, a 25 meter long "super bus" appeared in the provincial capital. The "Big Mac" bus can carry a maximum of 300 people. It is currently being tested and will try to run through ten routes in the near future.
the morning of 21, the reporter saw this "super bus" at the West Passenger Station Bus hub, many bus drivers round the vehicle round a circle of TUT of TUT of praise. "What a big guy! I've never seen such a long bus." Lou Peifeng, the 87 road driver, exclaimed. At present, the longest bus in Ji'nan is the 18 meter BRT.
the bus body is 25 meters long, and the vehicle is 3.75 meters high and 2.55 meters wide. It is more than one ordinary bus. Vehicle manufacturers for the Zhejiang youth automobile group, the company personnel, 25 meters bus for double articulated vehicles, a total of three sections, there are 45 ordinary seats and 3 folding seats. The engine is adjusted from the traditional rear end to the left side of the front car, with a maximum speed of 82 km / h and a capacity of 280-300 passengers. One side five doors can guarantee the passengers from the front and back of the car at the same time and down, and the two hinged plates are controlled by the computer, and the automatic steering is fully synchronized, so the vehicle will not turn around and tail off when driving. The staff said that the bus was continuously variable transmission, and there were 3 block buttons, which were either diesel or gas.
reporters tried to find a feeling of sitting on a "small train", running smoothly and turning very flexibly. The bus staff also tested the "super bus" in terms of performance, rescue and so on.
Ji'nan public transport official said, the 25 meter long bus is currently being tested, when the specific road is not yet determined. "We need to see how the preparatory work progresses, such as personnel training, vehicle commissioning, vehicle interior decoration and traffic police coordination. Although the test run line has not been finalized, running on the ten route is not a big problem. The person in charge stressed.
according to the relevant data, the increase of bus vehicles from 18 meters to 25 meters will increase the capacity of the system by nearly 50%, and the per capita energy consumption will be reduced by about 20%. Carrying the same number of passengers, the 25 meter long bus is equivalent to three ordinary buses, at the same time the fuel consumption is reduced by 2/3, the exhaust emission is reduced by 2/3, the urban road area is reduced by more than 1/3, and more than 60% of the steel is saved, and the superiority is still obvious.
it is reported that the 25 meter long bus was originally developed to solve the traffic problems of the Beijing Olympic Games and had a short run in Beijing, Chengdu and other cities. However, due to the lack of national acceptance criteria for "super passenger cars" from acceptance to operation, it is not yet known whether the car will be "resident" in Ji'nan.