China have launched an elevated bus to combat their traffic problem

China’s top engineers have unveiled a futuristic-looking solution to the country’s traffic problems at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo.

The electric-powered Transit Elevated Bus runs on rails and is designed to operate high above the ground - so that traffic can drive underneath it, like through a tunnel.

In practical terms, it means that, in one of the most gridlocked countries in the world, the bus can avoid traffic jams simply by passing over them.

Each bus has a capacity of 1,200 passengers and it is hoped that their introduction will ease China’s traffic congestion problem and reduce pollution.

Concerns have been raised however about the demo’s lack of safety barriers between the bus and the cars and the fact that it didn’t show how the TEB would manoeuvre around higher vehicles such as lorries.

Tests are to begin later this year in the city of Qinhuangdao.

H/T: BreakingNews.ie