Buses by their very nature spend a lot of time at bus stops waiting for passengers to board and un-board. The are also usually driven in cities where they will be at lights or in queues for a significant percentage of the time.

Stop start technology would

• Greatly reduce nitrous oxide emissions as the majority of buses are   diesel
• Reduce noise in city centers
• Reduce temperatures
• Reduce particulate emissions which are exacerbated by idling engines
• Reduce overall carbon emissions

We propose

• All new buses  ordered from 2018 onward must have stop-start systems fitted
• All buses in low emission zones must be retrofitted with stop start technology by the end of 2019
• All buses in urban areas must be retrofitted with stop start technology by 2020

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