Glasgow’s low carbon bus targets

Contributing to Glasgow's ambitious target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030, First Glasgow announced this month that it will put two fully electric buses into service - becoming the city's first operator to introduce this type of vehicle onto a commercial bus route since the 1960s.

In addition, bus operators have marked the start of year two of Glasgow's Low Emission Zone (LEZ), which will see a significant increase in the proportion of city centre bus journeys that must be made on low emission vehicles.

As part of the phased implementation of Glasgow's LEZ (which presently affects local service buses only) at least 40% of journeys through the city centre will now be made by buses that meet the required emission standard, and follows significant investment by operators into their fleet.