Buses to get mobile roof gardens

London’s 7,500 buses consume millions of litres of diesel each month, so given that parked side by side the fleet would occupy 23 football pitches, why not put their roofs to good use and turn them into mobile gardens?

Urban green spaces are the lungs of the city; vital for photosynthesis, the process by which plants absorb CO₂ and release oxygen. Phytokinetic is a pioneering roof garden system designed to be installed on top of public transport vehicles. A lightweight hydroponic foam only 7 cm thick allows the roofs of buses and trains to be converted into mobile gardens that look great and perform a useful environmental function.

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According to the creator of Photokinetic, Marc Grañen, “The lungs of a city must grow at the same rate as its population, but much-needed green areas are not always available. phyto kinetic, has grown out of this supposition, with the goal of delivering a practical and tangible solution. If finding new urban spaces for gardens is problematic, we can use spaces that already exist, such as the roofs of city public transport.

This is not the first time that bus bodywork has been used for something imaginative. If the vehicle behind the bus gets too close for the speed it is travelling, The ‘Tailguardian’ illuminates a warning sign.