Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region in the developing world with a rapidly growing vehicle fleet. The main source of air pollution in these urban areas is motor vehicles, especially those which are old and poorly maintained.

• Transportation Technology R&D Center
  

• Mobile sources
• 2. Bus fleet emission evaluation
  VTT Process Finland, March 2004, 33 pages (pdf 269 kB)
• 3. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Demonstration
  ERMD Canada. 20 pages, June 2003 (pdf 793 kB)
• 3. Sustainable Transport: New Insights From the IEAs Worldwide Transit Study
  Over the past year, the IEA has undertaken a study of transit systems in cities around the world. The primary focus has been on bus systems in developing countries, where dilapidated vehicles, old technologies, and rapidly increasing traffic congestion and sprawl are jeopardising the ability of the developing world s premier cities to achieve sustainability.
• 4. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Demonstration – Phase II
  ERMD Canada, Interim Draft Report, 22 pages, June 2004 (pdf 957 kB)
• 5. Performance on the emission effect of ultra low sulphur diesel on double deck (Euro I) bus
  EPD Hong Kong, May 2000, 18 pages (pdf 608 kB)
• 6. Emission tests of city buses fuelled by CNG for Santiago
  Chile, MTC Sweden, October 2000, 31 pages, (pdf 1348 kB)
• Bus system for the future, Achieving Sustainable Transport worldwide, IEA 2002
  
• Clean-Vehicles.com
  Low emissions vehicles, equipment and fuel, green transport and cleaner vehicles information in the U.K.
• Leapfrogging Technology
  Cost Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries?
• Project with particle filter in the city of Odense
  Denmark 2002, Ministry of Transport
• Testing of heavy duty buses/trucks
  
• The European project Trendsetter
  improvement of mobility, quality of life, air quality, and reduction of noise and traffic congestion in several European cities
• The Global Environment Facility (GEF)
  The Global Environment Facility (GEF) helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the global environment.
• The natural gas bus
  
• w1. AVL MTC Tech Centre, Haninge, Sweden
  
• w2. SmartSite Dynamic Web System
  
• w3. Dr. Nigel Clark
  Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Department and George Berry Chair
• w4. Emissions Report 2000
  The IANGV Emissions Report 2000 is available in seven downloadable files. The report covers fuel properties, engine technology for gaseous fuels, emission legislation and examples on gas fuelled vehicles and their performance.
• Cleaner vehicles
• 5. Performance on the emission effect of ultra low sulphur diesel on double deck (Euro I) bus
  EPD Hong Kong, May 2000, 18 pages (pdf 608 kB)
• 6. Emission tests of city buses fuelled by CNG for Santiago
  Chile, MTC Sweden, October 2000, 31 pages, (pdf 1348 kB)
• Bus system for the future, Achieving Sustainable Transport worldwide, IEA 2002
  
• Project with particle filter in the city of Odense
  Denmark 2002, Ministry of Transport
• Testing of heavy duty buses/trucks
  
• The European project Trendsetter
  improvement of mobility, quality of life, air quality, and reduction of noise and traffic congestion in several European cities
• w1. AVL MTC Tech Centre, Haninge, Sweden
  
• w2. SmartSite Dynamic Web System
  
• w3. Dr. Nigel Clark
  Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Department and George Berry Chair
• w4. Emissions Report 2000
  The IANGV Emissions Report 2000 is available in seven downloadable files. The report covers fuel properties, engine technology for gaseous fuels, emission legislation and examples on gas fuelled vehicles and their performance.
• New vehicles
• 2. Bus fleet emission evaluation
  VTT Process Finland, March 2004, 33 pages (pdf 269 kB)
• 3. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Demonstration
  ERMD Canada. 20 pages, June 2003 (pdf 793 kB)
• 3. Sustainable Transport: New Insights From the IEAs Worldwide Transit Study
  Over the past year, the IEA has undertaken a study of transit systems in cities around the world. The primary focus has been on bus systems in developing countries, where dilapidated vehicles, old technologies, and rapidly increasing traffic congestion and sprawl are jeopardising the ability of the developing world s premier cities to achieve sustainability.
• 4. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Demonstration – Phase II
  ERMD Canada, Interim Draft Report, 22 pages, June 2004 (pdf 957 kB)
• Bus system for the future, Achieving Sustainable Transport worldwide, IEA 2002
  
• Testing of heavy duty buses/trucks
  
• The European project Trendsetter
  improvement of mobility, quality of life, air quality, and reduction of noise and traffic congestion in several European cities
• The natural gas bus
  
• Conventional heavy duty diesels
• 5. Performance on the emission effect of ultra low sulphur diesel on double deck (Euro I) bus
  EPD Hong Kong, May 2000, 18 pages (pdf 608 kB)
• 6. Emission tests of city buses fuelled by CNG for Santiago
  Chile, MTC Sweden, October 2000, 31 pages, (pdf 1348 kB)
• Project with particle filter in the city of Odense
  Denmark 2002, Ministry of Transport
• Testing of heavy duty buses/trucks
  
• w1. AVL MTC Tech Centre, Haninge, Sweden
  
• w2. SmartSite Dynamic Web System
  
• w3. Dr. Nigel Clark
  Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Department and George Berry Chair
• w4. Emissions Report 2000
  The IANGV Emissions Report 2000 is available in seven downloadable files. The report covers fuel properties, engine technology for gaseous fuels, emission legislation and examples on gas fuelled vehicles and their performance.
• Advanced heavy duty diesels
• 2. Bus fleet emission evaluation
  VTT Process Finland, March 2004, 33 pages (pdf 269 kB)
• 3. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Demonstration
  ERMD Canada. 20 pages, June 2003 (pdf 793 kB)
• 3. Sustainable Transport: New Insights From the IEAs Worldwide Transit Study
  Over the past year, the IEA has undertaken a study of transit systems in cities around the world. The primary focus has been on bus systems in developing countries, where dilapidated vehicles, old technologies, and rapidly increasing traffic congestion and sprawl are jeopardising the ability of the developing world s premier cities to achieve sustainability.
• 4. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Demonstration – Phase II
  ERMD Canada, Interim Draft Report, 22 pages, June 2004 (pdf 957 kB)
• Buses
• The natural gas bus