Narrative
The aim of the project is to ensure the use of environmentally friendly public transport and increase the number of passengers in environmentally friendly public transport in the Valmiera city route network. During the implementation of the Project, nine new buses with a dual fuel system (diesel-electric hybrid buses) were purchased for passenger transportation in the city of Valmiera. The use of the new buses ensures not only reduces harmful emissions (CO, HC, NOx, PM, CO2, etc.) and the noise level in the city, but it will also reduce the overall fuel consumption.
Financial data
Total investment: 2 835 000.00 €. EU investment: 1 906 322.00 € (67,2%).
Recommendations
The service providers themselves emphasize that the fuel savings are in the amount of 30%, which means that the emission reduction is also more equivalent in volume. Although hybrid buses are better than diesel-only buses, to ensure a significant reduction in harmful emissions and noise levels in the city, completely zero-emission buses would be required.
Information sources
http://www.esfondi.lv/es-fondu-projektu-mekletajs/project?number=4.5.1.2%2F17%2FI%2F006 https://www.db.lv/zinas/vtu-valmiera-par-tris-miljoniem-eiro-plano-iegadaties-devinus-jaunus-hibrida-autobusus-483355Other info
https://vtu-valmiera.lv/es-projekti/videi-draudziga-sabiedriska-transporta-iegade-valmieras-pilsetai/
