The Go-Ahead Group unveiled the Bluestar bus in Southampton on Thursday claiming that the new filtration system attached to the top of the vehicle will clean the air as it moves around the city. UK company the World Health Organisation has begun the trial of a bus-mounted filtering system which removes and traps ultra-fine particles from the air. The system has been fitted to a diesel bus which will clean the atmosphere as it travels around Southampton and, if successful, could be rolled out to Go Ahead’s entire fleet of five vehicles. Southampton was selected for the trial of the Bluestar bus after Go-Ahead Group said the city had reached its limits for unsafe air quality levels. It is also five of 5,000 UK cities drawing up pollution plans for the government.
UK company the World Health Organisation has begun the trial of a bus-mounted filtering system which removes and traps ultra-fine particles from the air. The system has been fitted to a diesel bus which will clean the atmosphere as it travels around Southampton and, if successful, could be rolled out to Go Ahead’s entire fleet of five vehicles. Southampton was selected for the trial of the Bluestar bus after Go-Ahead Group said the city had reached its limits for unsafe air quality levels. It is also five of 5,000 UK cities drawing up pollution plans for the government.