Cleaning up London’s toxic air
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Expanding the Ultra-Low Emission Zone
The Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is an area within which all cars, motorcycles, vans, buses, coaches and heavy good vehicles will need to meet exhaust emission standards or pay a daily charge to travel. Some vehicles are exempt from the charge. The ULEZ is due to come into effect in September 2020, and will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week within the current Congestion Charging Zone (the yellow area on the map).
The Mayor is currently considering a range of measures relating to the ULEZ, such as extending its boundaries further out from the centre of London, in order to reduce pollution further and make a bigger improvement in air quality in London. These proposals are still to be refined, so we want to know your views on how the ULEZ might operate.
What do you think? Should the ULEZ focus only on the central London congestion charging zone, or be expanded further out, for example to the North/South Circular roads (red area of the map), or current London-wide Low Emission Zone for heavy vehicles (green area of the map)?
The discussion ran from 04 July 2016 - 04 October 2016
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Community Member 9 years agoULEZ extension is good news.
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Community Member 8 years agoI agree but at the cost of people who are facing expenses way upwards their earnings come on ? I for one will have to get a new car I use it every day so would have to pay 7 days @ £12.50 a day meaning £87.50 on top of my fuel and parking...
Show full commentI agree but at the cost of people who are facing expenses way upwards their earnings come on ? I for one will have to get a new car I use it every day so would have to pay 7 days @ £12.50 a day meaning £87.50 on top of my fuel and parking fees, christ it wouldnt be worth me going to work !!! are you people real? is SADIQ KHAN ? No one would pay that and so would have to sell their car or van....are we going to be refunded or compensated for doing that NO !!!
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Community Member 9 years agoGreat idea, we need cleaner & safer environment in central London
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Community Member 9 years agoHow much are you personally prepared to pay for it?
Or is it simply the usual "It's a great idea so long as it inconveniences other people"? A Cleaner / safer environment isn't going to be acheived simply by slapping a tax on people...
Show full commentHow much are you personally prepared to pay for it?
Or is it simply the usual "It's a great idea so long as it inconveniences other people"? A Cleaner / safer environment isn't going to be acheived simply by slapping a tax on people,
without a lot of collateral improvements. One might start with adequate public transport, proper road design, 'sharable' autonomous vehicles ,rationalised distribution system, all of which would reduce both congestion and pollution. Safety of course is an entirely different problem.
without a lot of
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Community Member 8 years agoI agree but at the cost of people who are facing expenses way upwards their earnings come on ? I for one will have to get a new car I use it every day so would have to pay 7 days @ £12.50 a day meaning £87.50 on top of my fuel and parking...
Show full commentI agree but at the cost of people who are facing expenses way upwards their earnings come on ? I for one will have to get a new car I use it every day so would have to pay 7 days @ £12.50 a day meaning £87.50 on top of my fuel and parking fees, christ it wouldnt be worth me going to work !!! are you people real? is SADIQ KHAN ? No one would pay that and so would have to sell their car or van....are we going to be refunded or compensated for doing that NO !!!
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Community Member 9 years agoJust how environmentally friendly is it to scrap a pretty clean burning petrol car that is 10 years old to replace it with a brand new car that will have been shipped round the world?
e.g. I have an 05 plate petrol car so is Euro 4...
Show full commentJust how environmentally friendly is it to scrap a pretty clean burning petrol car that is 10 years old to replace it with a brand new car that will have been shipped round the world?
e.g. I have an 05 plate petrol car so is Euro 4 compliant and it easily has another 7 years of life left in it, surely it is more environmentally friendly to keep it running than melting, pressing and welding steel, painting it, casting another engine block and shipping it around the globe?
Show less of commentGeneral Genius
Community Member 9 years agoLet's not get into generalisations about the 'green lobby'. There are many shades of greens and there are car dependent greens too. As deisel is the worst offender i would be happy if the majority of deisel car drivers just switched to...
Show full commentLet's not get into generalisations about the 'green lobby'. There are many shades of greens and there are car dependent greens too. As deisel is the worst offender i would be happy if the majority of deisel car drivers just switched to petrol. In any case i don't think it is a good idea waiting for a scrappage scheme that may or may not happen, and might only give you a pittance of the vehicle's roadworthy worth (i.e. Scrap value). With all these things on the cards the continuing decline in the value of deisel cars is only going to accelerate. I think sell now and buy a second habd petrol or hybrid. Maybe electric if you live in the centre where there are more charging points..
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Community Member 9 years agoI regularly have to travel outside of London, that's where car clubs come in. I mentioned car clubs in my original post. I am not suggesting we all abandon our cars altogether - but having a defunct possession parked unused outside in the...
Show full commentI regularly have to travel outside of London, that's where car clubs come in. I mentioned car clubs in my original post. I am not suggesting we all abandon our cars altogether - but having a defunct possession parked unused outside in the street 95% of the time leave less room for people and less room for those who have a real need to drive.
Show less of commentAnd lots of destinations are perfectly accessible via train and coach too.
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Community Member 8 years agoTFL want £12.50 a day ... 7 days a week if your car is older than 2005, this means you will nor drive it so will have to sell it outside london !! Its all a money making scheme yet again by the government who are forcing him to deal with it...
Show full commentTFL want £12.50 a day ... 7 days a week if your car is older than 2005, this means you will nor drive it so will have to sell it outside london !! Its all a money making scheme yet again by the government who are forcing him to deal with it while making money for them all at the same time.i,ll have to sell my fathers 20 year old bmw he left me will i ?? this is not right ....
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Community Member 9 years agoThe mayor and government then need to help those living in those areas by contributing towards a vehicle that falls into the lower emissions in my opinion. There are lots of people with 10 year old + cars that are still running perfectly...
Show full commentThe mayor and government then need to help those living in those areas by contributing towards a vehicle that falls into the lower emissions in my opinion. There are lots of people with 10 year old + cars that are still running perfectly fine and who may not be able to afford to buy another car along with many with diesel vehicles who were advised beforehand that diesel was the right option and have been mis-informed. Why should they have to pay extra or be forced to get rid of their vehicle without any help?!
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Community Member 9 years agoAgreed, there's far too many cars would be impacted. The extended zone should either have lower requirements or there should be serious incentive scheme to help people switch.
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Community Member 9 years agoSurely clean air to breathe should have a higher priority than peoples attachment to their old oil burners which polluting the air we all breathe.
hestonlad
Community Member 9 years agoI welcome the proposal to extend the ULEZ but am disappointed that it won't stretch out to cover the issues with road vehicle pollution around Heathrow. If the boundary can't be extended that far could the Mayor exert influence to get...
Show full commentI welcome the proposal to extend the ULEZ but am disappointed that it won't stretch out to cover the issues with road vehicle pollution around Heathrow. If the boundary can't be extended that far could the Mayor exert influence to get Heathrow to introduce its own scheme to discourage polluting cars, taxis and freight vehicles from entering the airport boundaries ?
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Community Member 9 years agoHeathrow adds a massive burden of air pollution to the locality so i absolutley sympathise with you. However to function as an airport it would not be possible to extend the zone to it. All kinds of vehicles are needed for the frieght that...
Show full commentHeathrow adds a massive burden of air pollution to the locality so i absolutley sympathise with you. However to function as an airport it would not be possible to extend the zone to it. All kinds of vehicles are needed for the frieght that comes in that way and there would be such a massive lobby by i dustry it would never get passed. Certainly there shoul not be another runway there! I don't know if there are other ways that the pollution in the area can be addressed. It does need looking at.
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