Embarrassment For Government As Cars Are Shown To Be Less Polluting Than Buses

Auto Express has highlighted that the Government’s own data has shown that buses outside of London are more polluting per passenger than the average car during the last decade. Not only is this is a shock but it’s a real disappointment.

If public transport providers cannot lower their emissions – per passenger – then they should be far more heavily taxed in the same way that the rest of us seem to suffer. Granted a full bus will probably be putting out less CO2 than every one of those people in a car, however I don’t see why we can’t see more hybrid buses that compensate for the times that buses are less full – which is, let’s face it, most of the time. Not good enough, public transport providers!