A PARTNERSHIP THAT FREES OUR CITIES FROM FUMES AND GRID-LOCK

This article examines international efforts to decrease emissions pollution from transit vehicles. The focus is on Volvo's partnerships with a number of European and South American cities to contain transit air pollution. For example, Curitiba, Brazil joined Volvo in the development of a bi-articulated bus with a passenger capacity of 175, which has decreased automobile congestion. Since 1993, Volvo has been supplying natural gas-drive (CNG) buses to cities and towns in Sweden, as well as supplying liquid petroleum (LPG) models to customers abroad. On June 1, 1996, Sweden's three largest cities introduced inner-city control zones, to which only vehicles complying with strict emission control standards will be admitted.

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  Campden Publishing Limited

  Threeways House, 40-44 Clipstone Street
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• Authors:
  • Sterner, K
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 162-163
• Serial:
  • Public Transport Report 1995/96
  • Publisher: Campden Publishing Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Articulated buses; Cities; Emission control systems; Fumes; Natural gas buses; Partnerships; Traffic congestion
• Identifier Terms: Volvo Car Corporation
• Geographic Terms: Brazil; Sweden
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00762249
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1898750114
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1999 12:00AM