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Great success in London for ULEZ
During the first month of operation the number of highly polluting vehicles has already fallen by almost half, taking almost 80,000 older cars off the roads according to a progress report from the capital’s transport authorities. Non-compliant vehicles – broadly petrol cars built before 2005 and diesels before 2015 – must pay 12.50 British pounds to drive in the zone. Transport for London (TfL) said that the scheme was proving “highly effective”, and that more than 95 per cent of vehicles were now compliant. For the remaining Londoners still driving non-compliant vehicles, millions of pounds of scrappage scheme support is still available.
The roll-out of the Ultra-Low-Emission Zone (ULEZ) faced opposition from parts of the media and Conservative-led councils in outer boroughs but can now celebrate a great success. The Transport for London director of strategy and policy, Christina Calderato, said: “We know that tackling London’s toxic air is crucial to ensuring the health of those who live in the capital and that the greatest number of deaths attributable to air pollution occur in outer London.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/31/ulez-expansion-londo...