Category: transport
China’s First Jumbo Jet Scheduled For 2014
China are really setting the transportation industry alight. First they introduce the traffic straddling bus concept, then they smash records with their high speed rail network and now they’re looking to the skies! Currently most of the Jumbo Jets in use are made by either Airbus and Boeing, but this is all set to change [...]
China Introduces E-bike Subsidy
Shandong province is the latest of 10 provinces to introduce an e-bike subsidy for people living in rural areas. The new subsidy, which was introduced this week allows people living in rural areas to get a 13% discount on new electric bikes. The new subsidy means that workers once relying on push bikes to get [...]
Chinese Bullet Trains Heading For California
The Ministry of Railways and California’s Bay Area Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for investing in California’s future high-speed rail network. The MOU was signed by Govonor Schwarzengger as he visited Shanghai this past week where he met with government officials. The plan is for China to build bullet trains for the new [...]
China Successfully test’s ‘Dragon’ Sub at 3759 meters
China’s self developed manned submarine successfully reached a depth of 3759 meters with a full crew on board. This marks the first time a Chinese submarine has ever reached the staggering depth, and makes China the 5th country do do so behind the United States, Russia, France and Japan. The record breaking dive lasted 9 [...]
100km Beijing Traffic Jam is Expected to Last For a Month!!
The Beijing-Tibet expressway has slowed to a crawl and has gathered more than 100km of traffic due to road works. This coupled with several small fender benders has created a traffic jam that has already lasted 9 days and is expected to last for a month! Stranded drivers have been forced to kill time by [...]
‘Chinese Bullet Trains Are Modern and Safe! So There!’
China and Japan are waving their railway tech in each others faces, and are making some ballsy claims!
China Plans 1000 Km/h Maglev Trains
China’s locomotive jewel is the Maglev in Shanghai. A train that floats on magnets and can reach a cruising speed of around 500Km/h pretty darn fast in our standards, but obviously not fast enough. Jiaotong University current have a prototype Maglev that can hit 600 Km/h and are planning a smaller ‘Express’ version which will [...]
Traffic Straddling Bus Planned for Shenzhen
Although this straddling bus design looks like the product of a very bored imagination and has as much chance to be made as a chocolate radiator, this ‘Straddling’ bus design is actually in the planning phase of production. The design put forward by Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Co. Ltd is designed to travel on current [...]
Shanghai-Hangzhou In Less Than 40 Minutes
With Shanghai property costing ridiculous amounts of money, many workers choose to commute in the the metropolis from outside the urban sprawl where prices are more realistic. From October however even residence of nearby Hangzhou can realistically consider commuting to and from Shanghai on a daily bases. The high speed express train will commence testing [...]
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