Research Article

Estimating Emission Load from Road Transportation within the Bhaktapur Municipality, Nepal

Table 1

Total number of vehicles (by types) plying on the road of Bhaktapur Municipality with their average annual vehicle kilometer and fuel economy.

Vehicle typesFuel typesTotal number of vehicles (Ni,t)Average annual vehicle kilometer (VKTi,t) in kmFuel economy (Fi) in l/km

Mega busDiesel202016.260.28
Mini busDiesel2012923.580.25
Car/vanGasoline4482243.090.07
Pickup vanDiesel2124738.210.15
Mini truckDiesel1358417.890.25
Motor bikeGasoline22122893.330.02
Others (tractors/microbus)Diesel556502.440.16