I don't understand what that's supposed to accomplish, the below-grade road takes up as much real estate as a regular road. They could at least stick some trains or something above it.
What, they're supposed to crawl across those 1 foot wide dirt paths with no guard rail, suspended above a highway, to get to an area without any sidewalks or storefronts?
If they at least put it under the other highway, it wouldn't make it any harder to cross.
This is just a more tasteful version of Houston's highway right next to other highways.
they’re supposed to crawl across those 1 foot wide dirt paths with no guard rail, suspended above a highway, to get to an area without any sidewalks or storefronts?
Yeah, but I'm not convinced that this is stupid. "Car bad, train good," I can hear already. China builds plenty of trains; they can have a little buried highway as a treat.
Perhaps the highway really has to be there and there was no better way to plan this out, in which case it definitely looks kind of neat and reduces noise pollution. However it is kind of silly that it is inaccessible to pedestrians, if you're gonna do all that work at least make it so that someone can pass from one side to the other...
Yeah after looking at it more closely, it clearly isn't really designed for that, or if it is they haven't installed any guardrails yet. That's a baffling decision to me.
That’s a good question. Not sure of the purpose, but trains would be much cooler. But, for a multi-level roadway, that’s pretty cool and not something you’d see in a shithole country like the US
I wonder if it continues further in a tunnel and that the ceiling is open in order to create air flow while still allowing some green space. Pretty hard to tell from the gif.
I don't understand what that's supposed to accomplish, the below-grade road takes up as much real estate as a regular road. They could at least stick some trains or something above it.
It facilitates pedestrian traffic across the highway. It also looks a million times better. Probably quieter, too.
What, they're supposed to crawl across those 1 foot wide dirt paths with no guard rail, suspended above a highway, to get to an area without any sidewalks or storefronts?
If they at least put it under the other highway, it wouldn't make it any harder to cross.
This is just a more tasteful version of Houston's highway right next to other highways.
now I kinda want to see this as a game show
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China is a pretty big country. That means it's very likely that there will be cool stuff, and also stupid stuff.
Yeah, but I'm not convinced that this is stupid. "Car bad, train good," I can hear already. China builds plenty of trains; they can have a little buried highway as a treat.
Perhaps the highway really has to be there and there was no better way to plan this out, in which case it definitely looks kind of neat and reduces noise pollution. However it is kind of silly that it is inaccessible to pedestrians, if you're gonna do all that work at least make it so that someone can pass from one side to the other...
Yeah after looking at it more closely, it clearly isn't really designed for that, or if it is they haven't installed any guardrails yet. That's a baffling decision to me.
Oh my god, I was not expecting the inside of that station to be that pretty...
That’s a good question. Not sure of the purpose, but trains would be much cooler. But, for a multi-level roadway, that’s pretty cool and not something you’d see in a shithole country like the US
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This is not America tho
Ah right you are sorry just waking up
I wonder if it continues further in a tunnel and that the ceiling is open in order to create air flow while still allowing some green space. Pretty hard to tell from the gif.