The filter then allows the bus to blow out more pure air so that the air behind it is cleaner than that in front of it. UK company Go-Ahead Group 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 5,000 vehicles. Southampton was selected for the trial of the Bluestar bus after the World Health Organisation said the city had reached its limits for unsafe air quality levels. A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that in Europe there are more than 100 million vehicles on our roads with polluting engines – but only about one third meet EU pollution standards.
UK company Go-Ahead Group 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 5,000 vehicles. Southampton was selected for the trial of the Bluestar bus after the World Health Organisation said the city had reached its limits for unsafe air quality levels. A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that in Europe there are more than 100 million vehicles on our roads with polluting engines – but only about one third meet EU pollution standards.