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
Rs3
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
Show less of commentAnonymous - account deleted
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 8 years agoLet's deal with this one issue at a time.
Show full comment'I will have to get a new car...I would have to pay 7 x 12.50 a day ( ? ) '
If you DO get a new ULEZ compliant car then you won't have to pay the ULEZ charge.
If you DON'T then you will need to pay...
Let's deal with this one issue at a time.
Show less of comment'I will have to get a new car...I would have to pay 7 x 12.50 a day ( ? ) '
If you DO get a new ULEZ compliant car then you won't have to pay the ULEZ charge.
If you DON'T then you will need to pay 7 x 12.50 a week.
It's either or, not both.
Are you sure you will pay 12.50 x 7 days? How many days a week do you work?
If this will hit you so hard surely you can consider other options?
'Are we going to be compensated for that.."
Yes we are, with cleaner air, safer roads and hopefully less congestion for emergency services, the disabled and anyone else who genuinely needs to drive.
bumphere
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?
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Community Member 9 years agoits a one off. especially if the scrappage scheme only applies for electric replacement. Or maybe we just shouldn't be using the internal combustion engine in cities at all. In the 1950s we legislated to stop millions of chimneys polluting...
Show full commentits a one off. especially if the scrappage scheme only applies for electric replacement. Or maybe we just shouldn't be using the internal combustion engine in cities at all. In the 1950s we legislated to stop millions of chimneys polluting our air from burning coal, only to replace them with millions of exhaust pipes. It never made sense but we were all hooked on the private car.
Show less of commentMark Chapman
Community Member 9 years agoFor a scrappage scheme in exchange for an electric replacement to be effective, we'd need a massive investment in charging infrastructure. Few people in my borough have off-road parking, and as far as I know, there are only a couple of...
Show full commentFor a scrappage scheme in exchange for an electric replacement to be effective, we'd need a massive investment in charging infrastructure. Few people in my borough have off-road parking, and as far as I know, there are only a couple of roadside charging points available to serve the entire district.
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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?!
Show less of commentTLWotcha
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 ?
Show less of commentGeneral Genius
Community Member 8 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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