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by Arushi Madan | 11-01-2014 04:02
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The first green bus was launched in Dubai in July 2012 as a pilot project. After it's success , Dubai's Roads & Transport Authority(RTA) has decided to expand it's green bus fleet. 10 biodiesel-powered buses have already joined Dubai's public transport fleet and have helped reduce fuel costs by 7 per cent, while a 34 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions has been recorded. These buses are powered by a mixture of used cooking oil and diesel. Apart from using biofuel, the bus uses different eco-friendly technologies. In the next couple of years, the green bus fleet will further expand as 60 more buses will be added in different phases. The green bus is an eco-friendly package that has various ingredients working towards reducing Dubai's ecological footprint. It's not just about bio-fuel but it is combination of several items like solar power, using retreaded tyres and using material inside the bus that are not harmful to nature. It's not only about putting green buses on the road but RTA is also implementing many other in-bus eco-friendly measures like adjusting the air-conditioner temperatures on buses and having an automatic engine shut off (engines shutting off after five minutes of idle time). All these as part of green drive shows RTA's increasing focus on improving efficiency in terms of fuel cost and reducing emissions . These have helped reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 8 to 10 per cent. The ACs on most buses used to run at 18 degrees Celsius which now is increased to 24 degrees Celsius on 300 buses for now. This not only helps save fuel and reduces emissions but is also proving more comfortable to passengers. The project is now being expanded to more buses, gradually covering 1,500 buses in the fleet. The initiatives have helped reduce RTA's annual budget by 11 per cent, while increasing the revenue by 17 per cent. How amazing it is ! RTA should have realized it and done it much long ago but it's never too late for such positive moves.
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Greetings arushi
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Thank you so much for your report
Keep writing
Green cheers
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Asmita Gaire
Posted 26-05-2020 11:03
Increasing the temp from 18 to 24 is very good idea. I wish they run on Green only.
Posted 14-01-2014 14:37
Thank you for sharing the good news. Same thing happened in Seoul, Korea also. Seoul, with highly densed population, could reduce significant amount of air pollutant by introducing green buses into its transportation system.
Posted 13-01-2014 11:29
Agreed, Its never too late. Kudos to RTA.
Posted 12-01-2014 14:37
That is a great initiative
Posted 12-01-2014 12:20
this sort of step towards sustainability is very admirable..thanx for sharing
Posted 12-01-2014 01:10
Green Buses, e-parking tickets....... Dubai is really turning sustainable.
Posted 11-01-2014 16:42
Very appreciative! I believe these kind of activities will certainly help us to create the green environment. Thanks a lot for sharing Arushi.
Posted 11-01-2014 11:57