London Finds That Limiting Vehicles Inside The City Has Failed To Reduce Pollution

The expansion of the London ULEZ (ultra-low emission zone) has failed to accelerate the reduction of harmful pollutants in the capital, new official data shows.

Between January and March 2021 - before the ULEZ was expanded to cover the entirety of inner London within the north and south circular roads - nitrogen dioxide emissions were 56 per cent lower in central London than Transport for London’s official estimate of emissions if ULEZ hadn’t been introduced. Those same nitrogen dioxide emissions were 21 per cent lower in the rest of inner London.