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Attractive, green transport at a fraction of light rail costs Campaigning for quiet, clean urban transport Using Overhead Electric, Zero Emission Buses
Public advantages relate to the greater efficiency at centralized power stations rather than power plants 'on-board' individual vehicles. The promise of 'Green' electricity, power from environmentally sound sources, considerably adds to the advantages. The advantages of overhead electric vehicles are - Without any available practical battery or fuel cell technology, the only realistic way to use electricity in transport is to transmit power via overhead conductors. But where rail and tramway systems have considerable infrastructure costs, electric trolley vehicles have costs approaching one tenth of light rail systems and only a fifth greater than diesel buses. Installation is less disruptive and with 'environmental total costing' trolleybuses or Tbuses are the cheapest option. Considerable advances in Tbus technology, such as much less obtrusive overhead, ac traction equipment and solid state sub-stations further enhance an already reliable system. Where tested (Vancouver), passengers prefer to ride on Tbuses and there is evidence (San Francisco, Seattle) of 10-15% increases in usage where Tbuses have been installed. ![]() When the decision makers understand how enticing and cost-effective state-of-the-art electric trolleybuses can be and how to best implement them, they will be more inclined to push forward with road priority and traffic reduction schemes with these new forms of non-polluting urban transport. We are generating a vision for the planners and politicians to move towards. ![]() To let us know you've visited and what you think, please sign below - ![]() ![]() |
Buses are much more efficient in terms of road space and energy per passenger than cars. Zero emission electric buses take this advantage to the ultimate. For example, 1 vehicle in 20 traveling round Parliament Square is a bus and yet they carry 50% of the people. To encourage motorists to use buses more and drive less, new designs of buses need to provide the facilities people have got used to in their cars and avoid the pollution cars create. State-of-the-art electric buses will be a fundamental step in achieving a smooth, clean and quiet traveling experience.
![]() Environment Design Guidance Overhead Financial Engineering Planning Regulation Routes Proposal Industry Special News Page Download this website (868k zip file) Hong Kong Tbus Report (775k pdf file) Vancouver Tbus Report (2.2m pdf file) These reports take some time to download. You may also need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader email The Electric Tbus Group The Electric Tbus Group was formed in May 2000 by a number of concerned individuals to promote the re-introduction electric trolley vehicles in the capital of the United Kingdom as a way of bring about a quieter, cleaner, more environmentally benign way of traveling within the metropolis. Irvine Bell David Bradley Kevin Brown Ashley Bruce Malcolm Crofts Peter Golds Gordon Mackley Chris Veasey Dave Wiltshire Martin Wright Who we are |