Reducing emissions from transport

I use the car occasionally and I do not expect to travel 20mph on an A road. The speed is so slow the car is in second gear and it makes the journey very irritating. I understand 20mph on a B road or less speed with speed bumps.
Currently there is no method to reduce omissions and walking and cycling is not the answer for me.

The theory of more lanes more cars is absolutely ridiculous whoever thought of that needs to wake up and smell the coffee
Congestion is when there is not enough space for the amount of cars on the road as for people not using there cars for short journeys do me a favour making less road space won’t make people not use a car

I've been able to almost ditch my car, I use it once a week at most, and use my ebike for most journeys and buses for others. I live in Sutton an outer London Borough where transport links are poor. Cycling can be scary and you have to be a confident and sometimes defiant rider in order to keep safe, this is not for everyone, my wife would not ride a bike in Sutton. Public transport works, just about OK to get to centres, but if you want to go sideways, say from Sutton to Bromley, you either have to train into London and then back out again or its two or three buses. Places are further apart in outer London, the cinema, gym or the shops are not a five minute walk away, buses are infrequent, expensive and don't go where you want them to go. Understandably people drive.

The bus apps are brilliant as this has cut down waiting for buses at least on an outward journey from home when you can time things better. Too frequently a bus will disappear from the app having been promised.

More safe cycle lanes are needed. Private escooters should be allowed, restrict them to 15mph and treat them like ebikes. Allowing escooters on the road will increase the number of bikes and scooters on the road which may start to give critical mass and be safer for all. For those worried about lack of insurance introduce a levy at point of sale which can go into an insurance fund.

Sutton used to have an on demand bus service. This was excellent and should be brought back in greater numbers using electric vans. It allowed you to travel across borough without having to take 2 buses.

We need to do something about delivery vans. They park on pavements and churn up grass verges. They have little or no regard for pedestrians. At the minimum delivery van drivers should be required to take a more exhaustive driving test. They should be heavily penalised if caught breaking the rules and delivery firms need to reduce the number of deliveries per round.

You can't put in something that will affect the poorest people and people living in the areas of 'London' the least public transport without addressing infrastructure issues. We need more electric charge points and guarantee we'd get one when we needed it in our terraced street or an electric car is out of the question. We need buses and trains that run at night and that stop at all the places they've stopped servicing since covid or public transport to night shifts is out. There needs to be discretion for those with disabilities or who need the car to work but aren't even paid enough for petrol, let alone a new car I.e. carers. I'm for reducing pollution, but not at the cost of people being forced out of jobs because they can't afford the car and can't travel another way. Places like Orpington and Coulsdon etc don't have great transport so why are they included?
Cycling is not safe- and no way for me to get about with my 1 year old. There is nothing that would get me using the bike, it's only this great panacea if you work right near where you live and only ever want to travel to work.
Scrappage wouldn't apply as means tested, but I don't have thousands of pounds for a new car, so what help is there? None. People in the middle are just a cash cow for tfl in this instance.

Could you answer me a simple question please....

If this is purely about cleaning up Londons air why are you charging these so called oldest most polluting vehicles £12.50 PER DAY 364 DAYS A YEAR and still allowing them to travel inside these ultra low emissions zones.

Surely if it's really JUST ABOUT CLEAN AIR as you keep telling us you would simply have NO CHARGING OF MOTORISTS and just ban these vehicles.

I look forward to your response and expect a response from someone soon.

Thank you for offering to extend the low emission zone. I hope it happens soon. There are still too many cars on the road - we need to encourage a cultural change in our attitudes towards the car, so that people don't see it as aspirational, or offering 'freedom', but as a dangerous, dirty, slow, expensive and inconvenient way of getting around, which in London it often is!
We got rid of our car - it isn't needed if you live in London, and so we've saved money from lots of repair/maintenance/fuel bills, which were a real pain.
I'm open to trying electric cars, but only once they're afforable. Until then, it's public transport and going by foot for me!

THIS IS AND NEVER WAS ABOUT AIR QUALITY. Stop using that as an excuse to pay off TFL'S HUGE DEBT. It's as simple as this you are letting the same vehicles that you say are old and polluting drive into these zones just making a pretty penny from it £12.50 per day from every innocent motorist thay falls foul of these rules.

Stop pretending you are helping kids in schools etc and Londoners breath clean air. When what you are really doing is MAKING MONEY and the air is pretty much exactly the same.

TFL have already made £620 million from the ULEZ zone and they want to extend it almost immediately again. Very Interesting that is I think we can all see what this is about £££££. The south circular and north circular ULEZ was not meant to happen until 2025. That was pushed through straight after covid crippling hard work people financially and tradespeople trying to do their jobs also hitted the poorest people the hardest. If this isn't unfair I don't know what is. Maybe the air being the same because these vehicles are still in the zones it's all about the ££££ money 💰.

This new ULEZ zone which is trying to be implemented to come out to the M25 and cover ALL GREATER LONDON BOROUGHS. Is just another total stitch up. So called old vehicles include 2015 cars and 2016 vans. Poor tradespeople paid 30-40k for those vans 5 years ago !

I have a group running and if this is passed expect to see regulator road blocks and traffic slow downs including lots of protests until something is done to stop this daylight robbery from the hard working people of London. You have been warning. I have thousand of members who are absolutely sick of this attack on motorists. POWER TO THE PEOPLE !

I suggest you consider cancelling this extension if you don't want to see London become a ghost town. We have all been hit hard enough already. Stop plugging TFL's Black hole of Debt and leave the motorists alone. We are not and will not be your cash cows ! !

This survey asked nothing about the detrimental effects of LTNs or eco-ablesim. LTNs have caused havoc and worse air quality for many. Why not encourage more electric cars and install more charging points? No one drives around for fun. There are carers and health who must visit their patients, older people who cannot cycle, disabled people, delivery drivers, emergency services, tradespeople, and on, and on. Some of us are both drivers and cyclists. Some of us cannot cycle or walk very far. Some of us need to do a weekly shop. Forcing drivers onto fewer roads is inviting more congestion and longer travelling times, increasing air and noise pollution. How about an intelligent London-wide plan that has buy-in from all stake holders?

A household member has limited mobility so not having a car is not an option . Many who rely on cars simply can’t afford an EV /newer more expensive and the scrappage scheme is derisory

the govt asked us to buy deisel cars. We did. We, on retirement in 2015 bought a second hand 2012 Diesel car which we need due to mobility and assisting disable son and duaghter in law and their children and seeing even more elderly parents. It is ludicrous to ask us to ditch said car. We cannot afford to replace it. So unfair. Why not simply refuse to allow any said cars bought or sold from now??? Is it better to scrap said cars and leave us all without mobility???

Transport emissions has a major impact on the quality of life for Londoners and will continue to grow. An important way to tackle this is to make cycling easier and safer within London, as well as reducing prices of public transport to allow more accessibility for people. in the centre of London it is unnecessary for most people to need to drive and this should be further regulated.

It’s the cars.

I’ve notice during recent canvassing for the May 2022 elections that local councillors won’t commit to doing anything to prevent traffic, congestion, pavement parking, air pollution etc and are against LTNs and improved cycle lanes because they think it will them lose votes. Getting drivers out of their cars HAS to be a central or regional policy decision because local councillors aren’t brave enough or forward thinking enough to make the best decisions on this. Cars are dangerous, in terms of their pollution and to other road users, and they need to be seen as such.

More considered thought needed for transport infrastructure across London - works vehicles, builders & delivery vans, private vehicles in the suburbs and school runs still account for the great bulk of emissions and pollution. Even though cycle route planning has occurred, its done little for practical adoption outside of central London as road layouts are so random and irregular. Driver behaviours have worsened, especially with speeding and outright aggression to cyclists.
Infrastructure planning for cycle security is woeful too, and both planners and employers totally fail to recognise the bicycle theft pandemic. Until local authorities adopt the same employment practice of their Dutch counterparts by requiring planners to cycle and use facilities that they are responsible for there can be slow progress. Of course councillors can be reactionary and illogical but the Dutch experience shows that well informed officers and senior management prepared to confront and educate political representatives was also a key to success.
Equally, leadership by example is vital and Sadiq Khan needs to demonstrate he is prepared to get on a bike like his counterparts (or indeed Boris did), as well as the Dutch and Danish Royal families

Add more bus lanes.
Increase congestion charge significantly for all but the cleanest vehicles.
Increase congestion charge for larger cars.
Increase the congestion zone area to zone 4.
Add more bus lanes.