Keeping the air clean is a good common-sense move. This technology therefore is a very good idea. Imagine it fitted to ALL public transport, not to mention cars and trucks ….
Air-filtering bus takes to the streets in the UK
“We want this pilot to show that buses should be looked at as not just the solution to congestion in cities, but also as a solution to the air quality problem,” said Go-Ahead chief executive David Brown.
Filter will have no impact on the passenger experience
Go-Ahead chose to launch the prototype in Southampton because it is one of the UK’s worst cities for air pollution, according to figures from the World Health Organisation(WHO).
The company said the filter will have no impact on the passenger or travel experience.
The bus is part of the effort to tackle ballooning air pollution levels around the world. The WHO considers air pollution to be the world’s largest single environmental health risk, linked to one in eight total global deaths — some 7 million people — in 2012.
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UK Reloaded (home based in England, UK) where the article above originated is a TLB project website.
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