ULEZ expansion consultation info

ULEZ expansion to outer London is not a done deal: Mayor of London is currently consulting. If you have views on ULEZ, it is well worth taking 2 minutes to respond, as there’s a lot of misinformation floating around.

Here’s how to respond quickly and easily: https://action.lcc.org.uk/support-ulez-expansion

Here’s some correct information about the ULEZ expansion:

92% of vehicles in the current zone already comply, and 82% of vehicles in outer London already comply – so most drivers in outer London already have compliant vehicles and would not have to pay the ULEZ charge. Online checker to check whether a vehicle complies: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle-35896

The following info is from TfL’s briefing note for the October 2021 expansion:

In its first 10 months (pre Covid), the inner ULEZ contributed to a 44 per cent reduction in harmful roadside NO2 concentration, a 27 per cent reduction in PM2.5 and a 6% reduction in CO2 emissions.

Despite significant improvements in London’s air quality between 2016 and 2019, a study by researchers from Imperial College London found that London’s toxic air contributed to the deaths of more than 4,000 Londoners in 2019. The greatest number of deaths attributable to air pollution were in outer London boroughs, mainly due to the higher proportion of elderly people in these areas, who are more vulnerable to the impacts of air pollution. This means there is still vital work to do to improve London’s air quality.

The health benefits of the Mayor’s policies, including the ULEZ and its expansion, will save the NHS and social care system almost £5 billion and prevent more than one million air pollution related hospital admissions over the next 30 years.