A new double-decker bus in the English city of Southampton will filter pollutants from the air as it drives, several news outlets reported. The diesel bus’s filtration system, which is attached to its roof, traps 99.5 percent of ultra-fine particles and releases clean air in its wake.
A new double-decker bus in the English city of Southampton will filter pollutants from the air as it drives, several news outlets reported. The diesel bus’s filtration system, which is attached to its roof, traps 99.5 percent of ultra-fine particles and releases clean air in its wake.
“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,” David Brown, chief executive of the Go-Ahead Group, the transportation company behind the project, said in a statement. “Imagine the change we could make to air quality if all buses had this technology.”
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Image: Southampton's new bus will clean the air along its route 16 times per year. (Credit: ANDI NORTH/MANGOPEAR CREATIVE)
