Picture: Solar Powered Bus Station

Revolve has announced the winners of its photo competition at their website. One image that I liked is titled Ghost Bus, so had to post it here. It pictures Vauxhall Cross Bus Station at night, the second busiest bus station in London, serving around 45,000 passengers per day with 12 bus routes calling at the strikingly designed interchange.

Vauxhall Cross incorporates cutting edge photovoltaic technology to draw energy from daylight, generating as much as 30% of the energy required to power the bus station, enough to light eight three-bedroom houses for a year. The cantilevers on the interchange structure reach out to the sun and will generate electricity for the 24-hour station by turning daylight into power.

In recent times, London's bus usage has increased by 40 per cent with a 5 per cent of drivers switching from cars to public transport. The only shift of its kind in any major city anywhere in the world. After the success of the world's largest fuel-cell bus fleet trial, The Mayor of London plans to introduce 70 new hydrogen vehicles to London by 2010.