I published Clearing the Air in 2017, a report that examined the rationale for the
early implementation of the central London Ultra Low Emission Zone [ULEZ] and
the proposal to extend the ULEZ and argued against them with alternative
recommendations that included increasing zero emission buses, better provision
of low emission boilers and more rapid charging points.
This paper provides an update on Sadiq Khan’s air quality agenda over the last
five years. It will focus on his decision to extend the ULEZ out to the North and
South Circulars, his failure to deliver on his promise to plant 2 million trees, the
fact he has only brought into service just over 400 zero emission buses, the
numbers of electric charging points in London and the air quality audit
programme not being reviewed prior to more rounds of the scheme being
announced.
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