Travel demand has grown significantly in Delhi. How people choose to travel will decide the severity of pollution and congestion caused by traffic and, ultimately, liveability of the city. If people choose to use more cars and two-wheelers, the scary trend in pollution and congestion will become irreversible. This is …
As electric and hybrid-electric buses gradually become a reality worldwide, achieving a better understanding of the mechanisms supporting investments in these new technologies as well as their assets is more important than ever. The global electric bus fleet grew about 32 percent in 2018, and it represents the fastest-growing part …
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), which has been unsuccessfully attempting to get new buses since 2008, is going to take another shot at augmenting its fleet, with the AAP government Thursday clearing a proposal to procure 1,000 low-floor AC buses. The first batch of buses will hit the roads by …
It is clear that without an augmented public transport system, Delhi and other cities of India will not be able to combat toxic air pollution. It is also clear that currently our public transport infrastructure is grossly inadequate. Cities like Beijing, for instance, have 107 buses per lakh people. Delhi …
NEW DELHI: The total number of buses available for transporting general passengers is less than one-tenth of the requirement, posing an enormous logistical challenge. According to government data, there are about 19 lakh buses in the country and only 2.8 lakh of them are run either by state transport undertakings …
This sets out the impact of current global policies, the changes in the global fleet and new global efficiency targets to accelerate the uptake of clean and efficient vehicles for vehicle efficiency.
Electric buses, which have zero tailpipe emissions, hold the potential to provide outsized air quality and climate benefits. Faster adoption of cleaner buses is an important part of the bigger climate solution, helping put cities on track towards sustainability. Despite the promise of electric buses, however, their adoption has been …
Electric buses could pioneer a new age of clean and efficient urban transport and put cities on track towards sustainability. However, electric bus adoption is not accelerating fast enough for the world to meet transport-related global climate objectives and help limit global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius. The …
The media outlet TV2 Lorry reports that the citizen representation of the municipality of Copenhagen has approved phasing out all diesel buses in the city before the end of 2025, starting with the budget of 2019. Two routes in the city have been tested for two years in cooperation with …
A Chinese company, China Nanchang Engineering, has approached Harare City Council with a deal to supply 600 green energy (solar-powered) buses and additional fixed and working capital to service routes in Greater Harare Metropolitan. The project will include a central business district (CBD) shuttle service and the Harare Urban Route …
Delhi government on Monday assured the Supreme Court that 3,000 buses would be procured within eight months in a phased manner, including 1,000 electric buses which would be rolled out by July, to augment the public transport system in the capital. As the state government failed to meet the deadline …
In January 2018, the city of São Paulo, Brazil, adopted Law 16.802, an amendment to its Climate Change Law that sets 10-year and 20-year targets for fleetwide reductions in tailpipe emissions of fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) and the air pollutants particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). The aim of …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 18/01/2019 regarding improvement in bus numbers and services in Delhi. Transport Department of the NCT of Delhi submitted its proposal to augment the city bus fleet which also included …
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, Government of India, has taken an initiative to provide a Model Concession Agreement for introducing Electric Buses in cities for Public Transportation on OPEX (per km basis) in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. In this respect, a model document has been developed based …
In a major move to fight air pollution, the Delhi government released this draft policy which aims to ensure adoption of 25 per cent e-vehicles among new registrations by 2023. Through this policy the state government plans to create a significant corpus of funds to incentivise every vehicle segment. It …
This publication discusses the real-world performance data of low-carbon buses in the People’s Republic of China. It also reviews the environmental and financial impacts, as well as the policies used to promote them. The People’s Republic of China has taken the lead in the deployment of low-carbon buses and is …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/11/208 regarding Hydrogen Enriched Compressed Natural Gas (HCNG) Project. Indian Oil Corporation Limited. has informed the court that the HCNG Project is scheduled to be operational by 31st July, …
Fully electric buses only account for 9% of urban bus sales in Europe – despite being cost competitive with diesel buses when the costs of air pollution and noise are taken into account. That’s according to a new analysis of urban buses by T&E; focusing on orders received by bus-makers …
The National Institute of Transforming India (“NITI”) Aayog, Government of India, has taken an initiative to provide a Model Concession Agreement (MCA) document for introducing Electric-Bus Fleet in Cities for Public Transportation on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode on Operational Expenditure (per km basis) Model. The said model document has been …
The Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order dated 2.7.2018 directed EPCA to look into the issue of hydrogen fuel cell buses. EPCA is filing this report in compliance with this direction. EPCA has held consultations with experts in the country, particularly, the scientists from the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/08/2018 regarding hydrogen fuel-cell buses. The affidavit filed by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. states that a study is being carried out by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. for using …
