Transport

Suggestions for controlling the menace by TSR drivers in the city

Suggestions for controlling the menace by TSR drivers in the city from Delhi Traffic Police.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Office of the Dy Commissioner of Policy Traffic
Tags:
Two And Three Wheelers, Transport, Three Wheelers, Delhi
Air Pollution

Review of existing cap on the number of three-wheelers in Delhi and its implications for pollution and congestion

EPCA reviews existing cap on number of three-wheelers in Delhi and its implications on mobility, pollution and congestion. Recommends that existing restriction on the number of TSRs imposed by Supreme court be lifted as of April 2010, when the Bharat III norms come into force.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Public Transport, Three Wheelers, Congestion, Supreme Court, Delhi
Transport

A study of fuel cell hybrid auto rickshaws using realistic urban drive cycles

The popular three-wheeled vehicles known as auto rickshaws are common in Asian cities where due to their older two stroke engines they have been significant contributors to the current air quality issues that plague the urban areas. Recent changes to four-stroke engines as well as those powered by diesel, compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) reduce the pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. However, because of the large number of vehicles emission of such vehicles is still an important issue.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Mohammed Abu Mallouh, Bradley Denman, Brian Surgenor & et al
Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
4
1
225 - 229
Tags:
Three Wheelers, India, Fuel Cell Vehicles, Urban Transport, Appropriate Technology, Vehicular Pollution
Transport

Kolkata cracks whip on two-stroke three-wheelers

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court headed by Chief Justice S. S.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Three Wheelers, Kolkata, LPG, Public Transport, Vehicular Pollution, High Court
Air Pollution

Measuring autorickshaw emissions to inform air quality policy

This document describes the methodology used in a recent project to measure pollutant emission factors and conduct detailed characterization of particulate matter (PM) emitted by

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
Conor Reynolds, Andy Grieshop, Milind Kandlikar
Simple Interactive Models for Better Air Quality
Tags:
Health Effects, Air Quality Management, CNG, Climate Change, Transport, Public Transport, Three Wheelers, India, Delhi, Vehicles
Transport

Minutes of the meeting of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority for the NCR

Minutes of the meeting of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority for the NCR held on September 19 & 26, 2009, October 03 & 10, 2009 and November 24, 2009, issues related to three wheelers (TSRs) in Delhi.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2009
Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority
Tags:
Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), CNG, Transport, Three Wheelers, Delhi
Air Pollution

 Business as usual

Vehicles more than 15 years old and two-stroke auto rickshaws continue to ply on Kolkata streets. This is despite the high court setting August 1 as the deadline to get such vehicles off the Kolkata Metropolitan Area and the Supreme Court upholding the high court order (see

Publication Date: 
14/09/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Two-Stroke, Three Wheelers, Supreme Court, High Court, Calcutta (T)
Transport

3-wheelers removal of ceiling on numbers: written representation by Unions (highlights of issues raised)

3-wheelers

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Tags:
Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), CNG, Transport, Public Transport, Three Wheelers, Delhi, Buses
Science And Technology

Green Goes the Auto

The humble Indian auto-rickshaw may soon be reborn in a smart, fuel-conserving avatar. The trigger: A Dutch environmentalist called Stef van Dongen, who took a few too many rides in rickety, smoke belching three-wheelers on a trip to India. Shaken and stirred, he made it his mission to build a better, cleaner model of the auto-rickshaw for Indians.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2009
Business Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Green Products, CNG, Three Wheelers, Netherlands, India
Air Pollution

 Four stroke LPG autos only

Will Kolkata succeed in phasing out two-stroke autos by July end? two-stroke and non-lpg (liquefied petroleum gas) four-stroke autorickshaw will not be allowed to ply in Kolkata from August 1, the Calcutta High Court has ordered. The city has around 38,000 registered two-stroke autorickshaws running on petrol; 30,000 of them are illegal. With six weeks left for the deadline, 20,000

Publication Date: 
14/07/2009
Priyanka Chandola
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, LPG, Petrol, Three Wheelers, High Court, Calcutta (T)

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