Sentences with phrase «emission buses also»

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While bus companies across the UK have been working to reduce bus emissions to help protect the environment, another way they could also do is to improve the customer experience on buses, such as using audio - visual information.

More bus traffic could also exacerbate carbon emissions in the area.

Elsewhere, zero emission buses are also deployed in transit agencies in the northern Midwest and northern East Coast and some southern states.

Lane Transit District, which serves Eugene and Springfield, also received nearly $ 3.48 million in grant funding to buy zero - emission battery - electric buses.

CALSTART is eager to begin working with cities and transit properties that not only want to take full advantage of the advances in zero emission bus technology, but also wanted to become part of a larger global effort to prevent climate change,» said CALSTART President and CEO, John Boesel.

The biomethane that fuels the Bio-Bus is generated from sewage and food waste (waste which is unfit for human consumption), and because the bus» engine produces lower emissions while burning biomethane than conventional diesel does, it could not only help improve air quality, but also help to prove the case for more waste - to - fuel projects.

But cleaner transport also means less carbon emissions, both because buses are cleaner, less fuel intensive per passenger mile, and because people are actually leaving their cars for the faster buses.

EPA also provides information on strategies for reducing emissions from older school buses.

From bicycles and buses that keep people and goods moving after a disaster to solar energy that keeps businesses running, investments that reduce greenhouse gas emissions are also providing disaster resilience around the world.

Although up - front costs (purchase price) are higher with an electric bus, some studies (PDF) have shown that lower «fuel» and maintenance costs account for a savings of $ 40,000 + per year, and that these zero emissions vehicles can also provide a «healthcare savings» of some $ 150,000 per bus because of reduced nitric oxide and particulate matter emissions.

Even if it's not considered as cool to ride an electric bus than to drive a Tesla, buses are much more efficient in not only the utilization of space on the road, but also in terms of fuel - efficiency (as measured in Person - Miles Per Gallon (PMPG)-RRB-, so with a switch to electric buses, which are less susceptible to volatile fuel prices and have lower maintenance costs, cities can actually save energy and money while reducing emissions.

Capoco's proposed bus has a low flat floor to allow passengers to get on and off easily, with a Routemaster - like front engine, an open rear platform; it will also be low emission.