• Ants and Bees, New Allies of Ecological Buses

    From record breaking heatwaves to sporadic weather conditions, it can seem that nature is looking for some retribution against humans for their contributions to climate change. Scientists have issued a series of warnings to the drastic consequences if carbon emissions are not reduced with more ecologically friendly

  • Environmental Initiative Aims to Cut Carbon Emissions by 40%

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    With an eye on the news coming from Europe, the European Commission recently presented the new environmental Mobility Package. This is expected to be fulfilled by the year 2030. In summary, the document establishes the environmental objectives that affect the public transport sector of passengers. In addition to this, legislative measures that must be applied to new vehicles from 2025 are included. Initially, the commission expects all new vehicles sold to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15%. Furthermore, after 2030, new vehicles must do so by 30%. Many environmentalists consider this package of measures to be unambitious. The same Commission ensures that by 2030, more than 80% of vehicles will…

  • Coffee Powered Buses in London

    After waking up in the morning, many of us turn to a warm cup of coffee to overcome our grogginess and take on the day. It’s a part of many people’s morning routines, but in a few years’ time, it may be that buses get their morning coffee as well. Bio-bean, a British startup, has teamed up with Shell Corporation and Argent Energy to work on a

  • The City of York Introduces Electric Buses to Combat Air Pollution

    Between being caught up in daily routines and the excitement of holiday planning, it’s often easy to forget about the environmental impact our choices make. Travelling by coach rather than car is one decision that helps decrease the carbon emissions in the air by reducing traffic. Fortunately, cities like York

  • megabus discontinues luxury sleepercoach service

    The Scottish coach company megabus is known for low-cost tickets starting from only £1. Maybe this is one of the reasons why its luxury sleepercoach service could not quite convince UK travellers and will be discontinued on 21 May. The overnight coach service was launched in 2013 and has been connecting

  • How Big Is Santa’s Carbon Footprint?

    The polar ice caps are melting which is why the CheckMyBus elves are getting a bit concerned. After all, their boss Santa travels around the whole world every year and that cannot really be such an eco-friendly endeavour. They couldn’t help but wonder: are flying reindeer a modern and low-emission

  • Taking the Car out of Cardiff: World Car Free Day in the UK and Worldwide

    Every year, on 22 September about 1,500 cities in 40 countries celebrate World Car Free Day. In order to cut down pollution and to reduce traffic and noise, cars are either banned from large parts of the city centres or other activities and competitions are offered which are meant to encourage the population