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Luxury bus Tram-train
■ ■ What? GM Scenicruiser GX-2 design and unparalleled comfort, it ■ ■ What? Tram-train
■ ■ Who? Raymond Loewy was tailor-made for the vast distances ■ ■ Who? Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV)
■ ■ Where and when? US, 1951 between American cities, cruising the ■ ■ Where and when? Germany, 1992
Designed for the Greyhound bus company, highways in style from the mid-1950s With cities needing clean transport,
the Scenicruiser was an American icon. right through to the 1970s. streetcars have been revived. A new concept
With its ultra-modern is the tram-train, which can run on the city’s
streetcar lines as well as the rail networks
that connect to other cities. The idea started
in Karlsruhe in Germany and has spread to
other cities around the world. GET MOVING
Scenicruiser, 1958
Modern tram-train in
Mulhouse, France
Zero-emission bus
■ ■ What? Citaro FuelCELL
■ ■ Who? Daimler Benz
■ ■ Where and when? Germany, 2003
Motor buses emit lots of polluting
fumes. That’s why “zero-emission”
fuel cell buses may be the future.
In a fuel cell, hydrogen combines
with oxygen to generate electricity.
The only by-product is water, so
there is no pollution.
Podcar
■ ■ What? ULTra
■ ■ Who? Martin Lowson
■ ■ Where and when? UK, 2005
Personal Rapid Transport (PRT)
systems are a cross between
driverless cars and streetcars.
Small electric vehicles, called
“podcars,” move in quick
succession on a track.
They can each carry six
to ten people at a time.
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