Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Potential Analysis of Urban Public Transport in China—A Case Analysis of Yinchuan City

Public transport is one of the ways to lower energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in urban motorized transportation. In recent years, with the popularization of new energy, clean energy, new technology application, and the construction of large-capacity public transport such as BRT in the sector of public transport, the level of energy utilization and emissions of urban public transport have a greater opportunity to improve. In the paper, by analyzing the impact of technology, advanced management and infrastructure construction, an estimate of the potential of energy conservation and emission reduction of public transport in typical cities of China is provided. Taking Yinchuan City as an example, according to the measures in the energy conservation and emission reduction development plan of Yinchuan public transportation, scenario analysis is used to predict the target of Yinchuan City public transport energy conservation and emission reduction.