Four in 10 London children stopped driving and started walking to school a year after the city's clean air zone went into effect.
Restricting the volume of high-emitting vehicles roaming city streets carries many benefits, from clearing the air to quieting the urban din and beyond. Recognition of this simple fact has led to the proliferation of clean air zones, designated regions within a city where vehicles must meet strict pollution standards or pay a fee to operate within it. At last count, over 300 such areas had been established across Europe. In London, which boasts the largest ultra-low emissions zone in the world, a study has found a secondary benefit: Kids started walking and biking to school more.
All fines do is force too poor to walk when they cannot afford the fine or other options. If that is the goal, free/cheap access to pools and sports centres as we had in the 70s was a better solution.
If the goal is to stop driving. Points on the licence. And providing practical alternatives.
Same with noise pollution. Do you have a loud ass honda civic? Oh no that’s illegal. Do you have a Lamborghini that is twice as loud? That’s fine, because it was expensive
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If you want a clean air zone don’t allow people to breach the zone by paying. Don’t treat it as a money making scheme.
Very Much this ^.
All fines do is force too poor to walk when they cannot afford the fine or other options. If that is the goal, free/cheap access to pools and sports centres as we had in the 70s was a better solution.
If the goal is to stop driving. Points on the licence. And providing practical alternatives.
Same with noise pollution. Do you have a loud ass honda civic? Oh no that’s illegal. Do you have a Lamborghini that is twice as loud? That’s fine, because it was expensive