Two architects Craig Hodgetts and Lester Walker, dreamed up this concepts, a road Landliner which can carry up to 1,400 passengers back in 1969 s part of their “immodest proposal” for redesigning New York City. They called it the Bos-Wash Landliner, as it would run between Washington, D.C., and Boston. But now the futuristic straddling may finally become a reality in China.
Car ownership in China is soaring, with an estimated 20 million new drivers hitting the roads each year. Cities there can expect no shortage of air pollution and hellish traffic jams. While local governments are hoping that parking regulations and plate restrictions will ease congestion, engineers and designers are trying to find relief in technology.


