Clean Air Zones

The UK Government originally requested that, by March 2018, each local authority create an Air Quality Improvement Plan to combat air pollution in regions where it breached legal limits. Following approval, councils would receive funding to help the development of…

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Road Freight and Logistics has published a report recommending to pause a plan for rollout of nationwide Clean Air Zones (CAZ). The report questions the timing of CAZ policy as Covid-19 has inspired a…

Major bus operators in Leicester, including Arriva, Centre Bus, First Kinchbus and Stagecoach, have committed to a new partnership with Leicester City Council, with the target of achieving the highest European clean air standard for buses by the end of…

Leeds City Council has a published a consultation plan for a category B clean air zone in the city centre. The plans, scheduled to come into effect in 2020, would require HGVs to be Euro 6 compliant in order to…