SMRT to roll out green
buses
By MARIA ALMENOAR
SMRT has pledged to go green on Wednesday, with the news that they
will launch the first Euro V bus in South-east Asia into service by
the middle of next month.
Another 66 Euro V buses will replace part of SMRT's fleet between
August and December this year.
Currently, authorities here have only set the guideline for 40 per
cent of buses here to be Euro IV compliant by 2010.
Euro V buses emit even less greenhouse gases than their Euro IV
counterparts.
SMRT also said that they were introducing 200 taxis which will run
on compressed natural gas and 100 taxis which meet the Euro IV
emission standards.
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April 30, 2008
SMRT to roll out 'green' bus fleet
By Maria Almenoar
SMRT will roll out the first Euro V bus in South-east Asia by
the middle of next month as part of its drive to go green.
Another 66 Euro V buses will replace part of the SMRT's fleet
between August and December this year.
Currently, authorities here have only set the guideline for 40
per cent of buses here to be Euro IV compliant by 2010.
Euro V buses emit even less greenhouse gases than their Euro IV
counterparts.
SMRT will also bring in 200 taxis which will run on compressed
natural gas (CNG) and 100 taxis which will meet the Euro IV
emission standards by mid-year.
Mr Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Community
Development, Youth and Sports and Transport, announced these
details at the launch of 'SMRT is Green' event on Wednesday
morning.
He said the transport sector is a major contributor of
greenhouse gases, accounting for 19 per cent of Singapore's total
carbon dioxide emissions.
To ensure that the city remains liveable, Singapore has to make
a decisive shift to make its transport sector as 'green' as
possible.
'Public transport is by far the most energy-efficient means to
move people, and contributes the least to traffic congestion and to
air pollution,' said Mr Teo.
'For example, a single-deck bus can transport about 80
passengers at any one time, whereas the average occupancy of our
cars is only about 1.5 persons per car.
'Taking the bus or train is far better for the environment than
driving a fuel-efficient car.'
He added that the target of raising public transport's share to
70 per cent of morning peak-hour journeys, announced in the
recently-launched Land Transport Masterplan, is also an
environmental goal.
He urged more Singaporeans to shift to public transport and do
their bit to protect the environment.
