Overhead Buses Can Reduce NY Temperature and Pollution (Image Source: BusRoots)

Environmentally friendly buses have been one of the major issues of major cities in the world. However, the discussion turns out to be so focused on the use of polluting fuel that many dare not look at it from another angle. And that is precisely what designer Marco Antonio Castro Cosio did in his undergraduate thesis at New York University.

Named Bus Roots, the Cosio project uses an underexplored space - the top of buses - to bring more beauty and environmental improvements to the Big Apple. By filling all that empty space (about 100 square feet (31 square meters)) with plants and material for them to develop, Cosio created not only the concept he calls “nomadic urban agriculture”, but also a solution to reduce pollution and the effects. city ​​climate.

In addition to its aesthetic value, the roaming garden, if deployed on a large scale, can also help absorb carbon dioxide and reduce the effect known as the heat island, a climate phenomenon that occurs when urban temperatures are higher than in rural areas. As if that were not enough, the little plants would also serve as thermal and acoustic insulators and could even serve as educational and recreation projects in the city.

Currently, a prototype of this bus already runs between New York and Ohio.

Source: DVICE, Bus Roots