Air Quality News has reported that London boroughs are planning to install more than 2,600 electric vehicle charging points before the end of 2018/19. Since the start of 2017, 644 have been installed.
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Alex Homer and Grace Wong have reported that 10% of the local-authority maintained road network is in poor condition, or has been flagged for further inspection. This amounts to 37,000km of road. Over the past eight years, London and the South East of England were consistently the worst performing regions in the UK.
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Bradley Gerrard has reported that a proposed railway running south out of Heathrow Airport may be the first entirely privately-funded railway in Britain. The Department for Transport has invited companies to put in bids for the construction of the line. The decision to open-up rail projects to private funding follows the scaling back of numerous…
Read more Will Date has reported that Brighton & Hove Buses has called for the widening of Brighton’s Low Emission Zone to improve air quality. The company, which operates much of the bus service in the city, has proposed a new LEZ with a lower threshold for polluting emissions and with scope to extend geographically and to…
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Ed McConnell has reported that Kent County Council is the second UK authority to launch a zero-emissions electric bus. Initially a seven-week trial, charging points along the route will allow recharging in as little as 30 seconds. The Volvo 7900e bus provides up to 80% lower energy consumption than an equivalent diesel bus.
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Fleet News has reported that Derby City Council has called on the Government to support a local scrappage scheme to improve air quality in the city. A council member argued that a charging scheme alone would not be enough to comply with air quality limits as quickly as possible. He added that a scrappage scheme…
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Alastair Dalton has reported that only vehicles with Euro VI engines will be permitted to enter Glasgow city centre from 2022. It marks Scotland’s first low emission zone and will start operating on 31 December.
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Gwyn Topham has reported that Uber is to share data from journeys made in London. London becomes the first British city featured in Uber Movement, an online tool which compares journey times for different periods. Uber plans to add Manchester and Birmingham to the tool.
Read more Damian Carrington has reported that an inquiry by four committees of MPs has said the overall cost of air pollution is £20bn per year and the car industry needs to contribute to a clean air fund on the ‘polluter pays’ principle. They also called for the 2040 date for the banning of new diesel and…
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