WIT Press

Personal Exposure To Participate Matter And Volatile Organic Compounds In Microbuses' Environment In Mexico City

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

44

Pages

10

Published

1999

Size

725 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/UT990111

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

E. Ortiz, E. Alemon, J.L Galvan & F. Guzman

Abstract

The Mexico City Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metropolitan, Metro, moves nearly 3 million people daily, and most users commute from subway stations to their final destination, which is school or work. The second mode of transportation is typically the so-called "microbus". The microbus was designed for short trips and has a capacity of about 20 passengers. However, at peak hours a microbus can transport over 40

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