Last year the city of London expanded its ULEV zone to include the entire metropolitan area, which has lowered air pollution considerably.
Motor vehicles are marvelous things. They allow us to go wherever our hearts desire at a moment’s notice. They transport the manufactured goods that are so essential to modern living — food, clothing, Moët & Chandon — and bring them into our cities for us. But they cause issues in places like London. One problem is congestion. There are just too damn many cars and trucks. In the days of horses and carriages, the average speed in central London was 3.5 miles per hour.
Last year, Sadiq Kahn, the mayor of London, expanded that fee to the entire city, which meant that drivers in the outer regions were affected as well. The new policy brought protests, primarily from conservatives, but Kahn was still re-elected by a comfortable margin, according to theshowing that the air is cleaner in all of London since the new policy went into effect.
PM2.5 exhaust emissions from cars in outer London are estimated to be 22% lower than without the expansion . The report also shows that, compared to what roadside NO2 concentrations are estimated to have been in different parts of London without the ULEZ and its expansions:Levels in Central London are estimated to be 53% lowerLondon Air Quality Improvements Outpace Rest Of UK
Compliance levels have also increased further than expected, with 96.2% of all vehicles subject to the ULEZ now compliant , up from 90.9% in June 2023. This has been aided by the mayor’s £210 million scrappage scheme that was launched in January 2023 to encourage London car owners to switch to cleaner vehicles. To date, 53,351 applications have been approved.
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