Thursday, 16 May, 2013, 12:00am News›Hong Kong TRANSPORT Anita Lam anita.lam@scmp.com The long-awaited electric taxis from mainland carmaker BYD will finally start taking passengers tomorrow – after an eight-month delay – but with cabbies already complaining, the question is whether the cars will survive beyond the six-month trial period. One driver who has signed up [...]
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Don’t kid yourself that electric taxis are green
Thursday, 16 May, 2013, 12:00am Business MONITOR Tom Holland The new vehicles on HK roads are as red as ever if the energy used and gas emissions produced in making them are taken into consideration Yesterday, the first of a new fleet of electric taxis rolled out onto Hong Kong’s crowded streets. Encouraged by the [...]
The importance of knowing who does the auditing
Tuesday, 16 April, 2013, 12:00am Business LAI SEE Howard Winn howard.winn@scmp.com Yau’s awful legacy The high roadside pollution levels yesterday are a further reminder of the legacy of former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen and secretary for the environment Edward Yau Tang-wah. Despite mounting evidence that roadside pollution was getting worse in Hong Kong, they [...]
TAC discusses bus route rationalisation and phasing out heavily polluting diesel commercial vehicles
The Transport Advisory Committee (TAC) was briefed today (March 26) on the Administration’s more comprehensive and vigorous approach in rationalising bus routes to better meet passenger demand, enhance bus operation efficiency, reduce pressure on fare increase, alleviate traffic congestion, and reduce roadside emissions, noting that this is a policy initiative announced in the Policy Address [...]
Causeway Bay API soars above WHO safety guidelines
Saturday, 09 March, 2013, 12:00am News›Hong Kong ENVIRONMENT Cheung Chi-fai chifai.cheung@scmp.com Government urged to curb vehicle emissions as calm weather lets exhaust gases linger Environment officials came under pressure to cut vehicle emissions after dangerous pollution levels were recorded in one of Hong Kong’s busiest shopping districts yesterday. In Causeway Bay, the air pollution index [...]
First, Hong Kong roads must be rid of polluting vehicles
Submitted by admin on Jan 30th 2013, 12:00am Comment›Insight & Opinion 30 Jan 2013 Christine Loh Christine Loh sets out the priorities to clean up our dirty air, starting with taking the most polluting vehicles off our roads and retrofitting others to cut the harmful emissions that affect the health of thousands of people Improving [...]
Old trucks face scrapheap to curb air pollution
Published on South China Morning Post (http://www.scmp.com) Home > Old trucks face scrapheap to curb air pollution Old trucks face scrapheap to curb air pollution Submitted by admin on Jan 17th 2013, 12:00am News›Hong Kong POLICY ADDRESS Cheung Chi-fai and Keith Wallis Cash incentives to take worst-polluting vehicles out of use; law to make ships [...]
Emission standards for lorries and buses
Whereas for passenger cars, the standards are defined by vehicle driving distance, g/km, for lorries (trucks) they are defined by engine energy output, g/kWh, and are therefore in no way comparable. The following table contains a summary of the emission standards and their implementation dates. Dates in the tables refer to new type approvals; the [...]
Hybrid buses in use
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/2019.aspx Hybrid buses in use There are 301 diesel-electric hybrid buses in London, running on routes 3, 12, 15, 16, 19, 23, 24, 38, 73, 76, 94, 139, 141, 188, 211, 380, 328, 360, 371, 436, H91 and E8. How they work Hybrid buses are powered by a mix of an ordinary diesel engine and [...]
Unity on road to cleaner trucks
A green group has joined drivers of commercial vehicles to demand a timetable on the phasing out of polluting trucks. Monday, January 07, 2013 A green group has joined drivers of commercial vehicles to demand a timetable on the phasing out of polluting trucks. They want Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to address the problem of [...]