Sentences with phrase «emission buses from»

Portland - based TriMet is one of 20 agencies to receive funding in this latest round of federal grants to buy or lease low - emission or no - emission buses from the Federal Transit Administration's Low or No Emission Vehicle Program.

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Off the record, one of the government's own advisers on air pollution will tell you he has estimated that the deaths of 3000 people a year in England and Wales can be laid at the door of emissions from diesel lorries, cars and buses.

Provides transit agencies with information to compare the emissions and fuel economy expected from hybrid - electric transit buses with those expected from alternatively - fueled buses.

Tank - to - wheel CO2 equivalent emissions of 684.9 g / km are 37 % lower than those of a conventional Euro VI diesel bus, making the Enviro400H with Series - E technology an Ultra Low Emission Bus and qualifying it for funding from the Department for Transport's ongoing # 48 - million Ultra Low Emission Bus Schebus, making the Enviro400H with Series - E technology an Ultra Low Emission Bus and qualifying it for funding from the Department for Transport's ongoing # 48 - million Ultra Low Emission Bus ScheBus and qualifying it for funding from the Department for Transport's ongoing # 48 - million Ultra Low Emission Bus ScheBus Scheme.

Auto start / stop: Various sensor inputs from around the vehicle (speed sensors, steering angle, air conditioning on / off, engine temperature) are collated via the CAN bus to determine whether the engine can be shut down when stationary for improved fuel economy and emissions.

That is more than the amount the United States puts into the atmosphere from all sources and more than the emissions generated by all of the world's cars, trucks, buses and airplanes.

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.

In fact the Metrobus rolling stock consists of ordinary articulated diesel buses — their fuel and emissions savings come not so much from fancy expensive tech as from a systems approach to solving one of the world's most vexing transportation and air pollution messes.

A recent study done by the University of Minnesota, University of Tennessee and Tsinghua University did find e-bikes, although powered mainly from coal, did still perform better on most emissions metrics than cars, buses, and motorcycles.

Other approaches to safeguarding the bears, like the push by some environmental groups to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases under the Endangered Species Act, are likely to be about as effective as trying to stop a bus from rolling down a hill by suing the manufacturer over faulty brakes.

From Louisville, KY to Google's backyard, a new breed of zero emission busses are hitting the streets.

Transportation is on the cusp of a major transition, with more efficient cars and trucks, new technologies such as electric vehicles and zero - emission buses, services such as ride sharing, and a renewed emphasis from planners on creating accessible, livable, walkable, and bikeable communities.

Witness how major corporations consuming agricultural commodities signed up at the U.N. climate summit last week to a New York Declaration on Forests — an initiative that the World Resources Institute said «could result in more emissions reductions than removing every car, bus and plane from the U.S., China and India combined.»

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

School districts, fleet owners and operators, bus drivers, parents and students all have a role in helping to reduce diesel emissions from school buses.

Researchers considered emissions only from diesel - powered trucks and buses, and off - road diesel equipment and vehicles to estimate the equivalent reduction of carbon dioxide.

While buses themselves could be greener, with cars accounting for 60 % of domestic transport emissions, shifting more journeys from car to bus would make a bigger impact on greenhouse gas reduction, congestion and local air pollution.

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.

The purchase of the new Proterra buses is underwritten in part by funding from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Grants (Low - No), which is intended «for the purchase or lease of zero - emission and low - emission transit buses» and their infrastructure.

In Texas, the State Energy Conservation Office's Clean School Bus program aims to help reduce children's exposure to harmful emissions from diesel buses.

The highest particulate emissions were detected from the EURO III and EURO IV buses and the lowest from the ethanol and CNG - fueled buses.