圣彼得堡是开始使用压缩天然气（CNG）的巴士转换程序。最近的城市举办祖布科夫主席的俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司Gazomotornoye Toplivo和圣彼得堡市长格奥尔基·波尔塔夫琴科，管理委员会和总干事之间的会议，讨论准备气化计划，公共交通，市政和特种车辆的城市，2013年至到2020年，

俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司，俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司的专用附属NGV市场发展Gazomotornoye Toplivo，圣彼得堡政府将制定一项联合方案，扩大使用天然气燃料。该文件将要求公司制定全市压缩天然气（CNG）加气站网络。圣彼得堡政府，反过来，提供了有利条件，扩大使用天然气汽车的燃料，特别是市政机构和企业执行国家订单的机动车辆，气化。

转换天然气燃料的公交车将开始与车厂在Khrustalnaya Gusarskaya街道。选择网站考虑到环保的紧迫性运输的介绍：一个巴士车厂位于城市中心，另外一个 - 在圣彼得堡郊区纳入联合国教科文组织世界遗产网站的列表。

此外，它计划使用预算资金，以购买天然气动力公交车的巴士车厂坐落在莫斯科区7号Passazhiravtotrans。

全市人口的70％以上，使用公共交通工具。在此期间，燃料价格上涨是提供旅行费用增长的主要因素之一。此外，机动车辆上运行的常规类型的燃料的主要来源，在大城市的空气污染，对公众健康有害，建筑古迹造成损害。

Saint Petersburg is to begin a program of conversion of buses to Compressed natural Gas (CNG). The city recently hosted a meeting between Viktor Zubkov Chairman of the Management Committee and Director General of Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo and Georgy Poltavchenko, Governor of Saint Petersburg to discuss preparation of a Gasification Plan for public transport, municipal and specialty vehicles of the city for 2013 to 2020.

Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo, Gazprom’s special-purpose subsidiary for NGV market development, and the Saint Petersburg Government will elaborate a joint program for the expanded use of natural gas fuel. The document will require the company to develop the city’s Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling station network. The Saint Petersburg Government, in its turn, will provide favorable conditions to expand the use of NGV fuel, particularly, gasification of motor vehicles in municipal organizations and in companies implementing state orders.

Conversion of buses to natural gas fuel will begin with the bus depots in Khrustalnaya and Gusarskaya Streets. The sites were chosen with regard to the urgency of eco-friendly transport introduction: one bus depot is located in the city center, the other one – in the suburb of Saint Petersburg included into the list of UNESCO heritage sites.

In addition, it is planned to use budget funds to purchase gas-powered buses for bus depot No.7 of Passazhiravtotrans situated in the Moscow district.

Over 70 per cent of the city population use public transport. In the meantime, the increase in fuel prices is one of the major factors providing for the growth of travel costs. Moreover, motor vehicles running on conventional types of fuel are the main source of air pollution in big cities, harmful to public health and causing damage to architectural monuments.