Environment
Addis Ababa Transport Bureau to Take Action Against High-Emission Vehicles
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AI SUMMARY
The Addis Ababa Transport Bureau announced it will begin enforcement action against vehicles exceeding emission limits after a year and a half of awareness campaigns.
- The Addis Ababa Transport Bureau announced it will begin taking enforcement action against vehicles emitting excessive exhaust fumes.
- Vehicles exceeding emission limits must either be removed from streets or be equipped with emission reduction technology.
- The bureau spent the past year and a half conducting awareness-raising campaigns regarding vehicle emissions.
- Ato Asmerom Berhane, Deputy Head of the Infrastructure Sector at the Transport Bureau, stated no vehicles have been forced to cease operations yet, but the lenient approach will not continue indefinitely.
- The government plans to facilitate loans to help vehicle owners convert older, high-polluting vehicles to electric power without heavy economic burdens.
- The bureau is transitioning mass transport services from fuel to electricity and natural gas to reduce air pollution.
- Plans are in place to introduce 600 electric buses into service this year, and 26 buses have already been converted to natural gas.
- Vehicle exhaust accounts for 32 percent of Addis Ababa's total air pollution.
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