Vehicles

The josh machines

Great potential There is a great potential for bicycle use in Delhi where even now 40 per cent of journey distance is less than 2.5 km and more than 57 per cent is less than 5 km in

Publication Date:

14/07/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20010715

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0

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Vehicles

India

LPG in Mumbai

following a green signal given by the Union government for using liquefied petroleum gas ( lpg ) as an auto fuel, two lpg stations were recently set up in Mumbai. The stations have been

Publication Date:

14/07/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

LPG, India, Mumbai, Vehicles

Air Pollution

Owning the road

Cities without cars, pollution and traffic. A movement is spreading across Europe to drive cars out. People are beginning to say no to cars

Publication Date:

14/07/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20010715

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Children, Europe, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Vehicles, Air Pollution

Air Pollution

More dreams sans cars

From a loose concept to a concrete movement, the idea of the car free city has evolved gradually

Publication Date:

14/07/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20010715

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Children, Europe, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Vehicles, Air Pollution

Air Pollution

Hindustan motors

Can India ever have car free centres?

Publication Date:

14/07/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20010715

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Children, Europe, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Vehicles, Air Pollution

Health

Evaluating impacts

the California Air Resources Board ( carb ) has approved over us $600,000 for two research projects aimed at studying the effects of air pollution on children's health. The projects are

Publication Date:

14/07/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, CNG, Health, Children, Technology, United States Of America (US), Vehicles

Air Pollution

Report on standards for CNG vehicles and refilling stations

The current emission standards and safety measures for conversion of in-use vehicles to CNG are extremely lax. The emission standards only require the vehicles to meet the equivalent standards for diesel and petrol vehicles in force in the year of manufacture. This means that a pre-1996 vehicle after being converted to CNG would have to meet only the outdated emission

Publication Date:

01/07/2001

Source: Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority

Tags:

Air Pollution, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), CNG, Vehicular Standards, CNG Safety, Supreme Court, India, Vehicles, Vehicle Technology and Fuel

Environment

Vehicles in China

In 1996, China produced 1.4 million vehicles. By 2000, production is expected to reach 2.7 million and by 2010, six million Registered motor vehicles in China (excluding scooters)

Publication Date:

29/06/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20010630

pp:

0

Tags:

China, Vehicles

India