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Jargon Watch: Vertical Gardens vs Vertical Farms vs Living Walls vs Green Façades

In his post New Vertical Garden Comes to Spain’s San Vicente , Alex wrote “Vertical gardens are here to stay.” Our editor in chief wondered if there was a contradiction here with our post yesterday Fix Our Horizontal Farms Before We Go Vertical , where I questioned the merits of vertical farming. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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China’s ‘3D Fast Bus’ Straddles the Road So Cars Can Drive Under

Photos: Chinanews Too Expensive to Go Under? Go Over… What if there was a way to get most of the benefits of a subway, but without the costs of digging up all those tunnels? The Chinese company Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment Co. thinks it might be able to do just that with a concept it calls the 3D Fast Bus (which has also been called the straddling bus), and kind of giant bus/train that straddles the street and allows cars to drive right under it. This means that it isn’t slowed down by traffic and it doesn’t add to traffic either. Read on for more details and a video showing a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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China’s ‘3D Fast Bus’ Straddles the Road So Cars Can Drive Under