Go-Ahead launch UK’s first on-bus air-filtering system

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The Go-Ahead Group launched the UK’s first air-filtering bus in Southampton last Thursday. Richard Sharman went along to the launch to find out more

The UK’s first air-filtering bus was launched last Thursday at the Guildhall in Southampton city centre. This exciting trial had been kept under wraps until the day of the launch, with no one knowing what type of vehicle or system would be used.

Southampton first to trial the system

Go-Ahead has chosen Go South Coast’s Bluestar subsidiary to operate this trial as the World Health Organisation has revealed that Southampton is on the limit of unsafe air pollution.

Scientists have claimed that up to 40,000 premature deaths are being caused by air pollution in the UK each year. These stark figures show how serious the air pollution issue is. […]

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