Category - UK Transport policy

Articles with a bearing on national and local government transport strategy

EV Charging Policy EV policy UK Transport policy

Charging Policy for local councils

What are the key components of a successful charging strategy? Slow Charging should be available at close to the cost of charging at home in a driveway Until EVs themselves reach cost parity with diesel and petrol...

227 views

4 min read

Diesel UK Transport policy

Cutting traffic pollution – for local government

Local Government has a responsibility for ensuring air quality does not breach official limits but compared to city and national governments has a limited toolbox of effective measures at its disposal. Most of these...

79 views

8 min read

EV policy UK UK Transport policy

Should EV’s be exempt from the £310 a year VED supplement for cars costing over £40,000

Making Sense? Recent changes to VED (Vehicle Excise Duty) and cuts to grants for plugin hybrids and EV’s The Government announced that the grants towards the purchase of plugin hybrid vehicles would cease and...

256 views

5 min read

Quick Guides UK Transport policy

What is air pollution from a car?

There still seems to a little confusion about what a pollutant is so here’s a quick guide. Cars with conventional engines produce some gases that make the air toxic to breathe and some that are not toxic but are bad for...

258 views

3 min read

Clean Air Zone - charging or ban Oxford

Oxford Car Ban review

Big news on #AirQuality – Oxford to ban all petrol diesel cars starting in 2020. Small initial zone expands in 2025 — David Nicholson (@rivergecko) October 11, 2017 In October 2017, the city of Oxford...

126 views

2 min read

Emissions Quick Guides

6 easy steps for drivers to improve urban air

1. Go Diesel Free – Pledge not to buy another diesel On average even a new Euro 6 diesel car emits 7 times as much NO2 as new Euro 6 petrol cars in the real world. The worst diesels emit as much as more than 30...

244 views

3 min read

Clean Air Zone - charging or ban

A plan to clean up the air in urban areas using technology.

There is a need and public support for action to rapidly improve air quality in London. The car industry has not been able to achieve this by really cleaning up diesels leaving city air dirty and harmful. An immediate...

53 views

6 min read

Clean Air Zone - charging or ban London

Why an effective London’s air pollution policy may be arriving soon

In 2015, in a case by ClientEarth, the UK government lost the legal argument that it had any effective plan to improve air quality in London and other cities, and then the Volkswagen scandal broke. What had been an...

57 views

4 min read

Clean Air Zone - charging or ban Emissions UK Transport policy

Cleaning up London’s air

In 2015 it was estimated that there are around 10,000 deaths a year in London due to poor air quality. In the UK as a whole the estimate is 40,000 deaths which compares to around 8,000 due to alcohol and around...

68 views

1 min read

Category - UK Transport policy

Charging Policy for local councils

Cutting traffic pollution – for local government

Should EV’s be exempt from the £310 a year VED supplement for cars costing over £40,000

What is air pollution from a car?

Oxford Car Ban review

6 easy steps for drivers to improve urban air

A plan to clean up the air in urban areas using technology.

Why an effective London’s air pollution policy may be arriving soon

Cleaning up London’s air

Categories

Search

Category - UK Transport policy

Categories

Search

Tag cloud