Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

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Economics of Public Transport

Table 9.21: Emission Standards for Petrol Vehicles

Limits Vehicle Class CO in

(g/Km)

HC in

(g/Km)

NOx in

(G/Km)

Prior

to July

2007

Displacement <150 cc 2 0.8 0.15

Displacement >150 cc 2 0.3 0.15

Since

July

2007

Vmax <130 km/h 2.62 0.75 0.17

Vmax >130 km/h 2.62 0.33 0.22

CO in Mtld NOx in Mtld HC in Mtld PM in Mtld

207.0 29.7 117.4 8.1

Field studies reveal that a ten-year old bus pollutes hundred times more than a new bus

(Volvo report at Sustainable Mobility Conference on 04-02-2008). This clearly brings out

that just not running any bus fleet will serve the purpose of minimizing