Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are close substitutes for cars and two-wheelers because they cover longer distances with less effort. Thus, e-bikes will play a key role in shifting passenger and freight trips away from high-polluting private vehicles and generating fewer emissions if used at scale. While vehicle electrification has focused …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors.And Sanjay Kulshrestha Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 16/03/2015 regarding polluted ambient air quality in the NCT of Delhi. The Tribunal in its order also refered to …
The Punjab government has launched public welfare oriented mega project of Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in the City, but without holding any public moot or proper survey of environmental impact of plying diesel-run buses on the City routes, sources informed TheNation. They further said that the above-mentioned project might …
BHUBANESWAR: The Government is all set to explore energy efficient and renewable energy mechanisms for its public transport system in the Capital and other cities included under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) phase II of which is scheduled to go underway from 2014. Electricity and solar powered buses …
China produces electricity for its burgeoning economy with its ample coal reserves. A full 80 percent comes from coal-burning power plants, and new plants are being constructed all the time. The country's reliance on coal power, while causing very dirty pollution, also has an interesting side effect. It takes away …
Will Ply Between Gandhinagar, Chandkheda Ahmedabad: If you were a child in the early 1990s in a quieter Ahmedabad, you may remember going to school in double decker buses, with everyone racing to grab the best seat in the front of the upper deck. As a child this seat used …
The hearing in a Public Interest Litigation on Lal Chowk traffic mess and specification of age of vehicles will conclude tomorrow and the High Court is also expected to deliver its judgment in this regard. According to advocate G M Wani who has filed PIL in this regard, the Court …
The Private Bus Owners Association of Sri Lanka yesterday vowed that that they would campaign against the Vehicle Emission Testing Programme (VET)unless the Petroleum Ministry took steps to produce diesel with low Sulphur levels. The VET programme was jointly implemented by the Environment and Natural Resources and Transport Ministry in …
Although commuters are exposed to high air pollution concentrations, little quantitative information currently exists on differences in exposure from different modes of transport, routes, and fuel types. Zuurbier et al. (p. 783) measured exposures to particle number counts (PNCs) and particulate matter ? 2.5
Pune In a new twist to the bus purchase saga, the Central Government has opposed the proposal of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) to purchase 200 low-floor CNG-run buses and asked it to go for diesel-run buses instead, saying the CNG-bus manufacturers would not be able to supply …
JAYANTA BASU Modern High School has decided to toe the green line drawn by Calcutta High Court and take five old buses off the road from August 1. A notice circulated on Tuesday among girls taking the school bus stated:
Supreme Court on Tuesday assigned federal and provincial environment departments the task of exploring a way out for providing financial assistance to the owners wherever needed for conversion of 'carbon emitting' buses and auto rickshaws into environment friendly vehicles running on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as fuel. The apex court …
New Delhi: With vehicles in the city increasing at an exponential rate, Delhi is witnessing a rollback of benefits it accrued from conversion to CNG a few years ago. However, the Economic Survey of Delhi, 2008-09, claims that the ambient air quality in the city has
Pune The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) Board has opted for a private-public partnership (PPP) to buy 650 buses, including 200 AC coaches, under the JNNURM scheme. The project is worth Rs 400 crore. As many as 100 will be Volvo buses run on diesel and the rest will …
Diesel-run vehicle owners seemed to be losing interest in converting engines into CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), which poses a major setback for some 138 conversion workshops in the country. The Tk 2,000 crore industry is now running under-utilized with eventual threat of becoming sick. The petrol-run vehicle owners, however, still …
Money to be released after final nod from MC House While the much-hyped city bus service of the Punjab government has failed to start in Ludhiana, the Municipal Corporation would be soon getting 200 buses under the Centrally-sponsored Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). According to the sources, the …
Tata Motors announced the launch of all-new Starbus range of buses in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Thursday. The buses will be manufactured at the Tata Marcopolo Motors Limited (TMML) plant, which is a joint venture between Tata Motors Limited and Marcopolo of Brazil, in Dharwad, Karnataka. Available in 24, …
The Ministry of Environment has set itself a challenging task of introducing Euro-II emission standards for petrol driven vehicles from July this year and for diesel driven automobiles from July 2012. The National Assembly was informed on Monday that to cut down on increasing air pollution in the country, the …
Mumbai: BEST buses may soon have global positioning system (GPS). And this will help passengers know the exact time it would take to reach their destinations. Dilip Patel, the new chairman of BEST committee, said, "During my foreign tour I found that almost every vehicle is connected via GPS." "If …
Chandigarh: Moving a step forward in the proposal to run 100 AC and non-AC buses in the city, the UT Administration has awarded the contract for the project to Tata Motors. Confirming this, Secretary (Transport) Ram Niwas said:
