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Transport for London's #ULEZ scheme cleaned London's air:
Gas boilers now biggest source of #AirPollution in central #London, study shows
"The findings highlight the success of transport interventions, such as the London Low Emission Zone and the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), in significantly reducing #NOx emissions from vehicles."
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-gas-boilers-biggest-source-air.html
#TfL
"The push to promote #biking in #Paris, France is paying off, with the city seeing a dramatic improvement in air quality over the last two decades. "
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2025/04/134769-paris-bike-boom-leads-steep-drop-air-pollution
#AirPollution
"Deaths linked to air pollution fell by an estimated 40% in London over the five years from 2019, according to new analysis.
Toxic air pollution in London had reduced sharply, with nitrogen dioxide levels down 41% and fine particulate pollution down 28%.
Imperial’s researchers said updated scientific evidence showed that the impact of air pollution on health was greater than previously understood"
"London is proof that things can be different. Between 2019 and 2024, the city saw a 40% drop in deaths linked to air pollution.
Mayor Sadiq Khan attributed the results to the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez), an area where vehicles that fail to meet minimum emissions standards must pay a daily fee or a fine. Created in 2019, the zone was expanded to include the entire City of London and all of its boroughs in 2023, making it the world’s largest clean air zone. "
"Children’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found.
The researchers said the findings were a vindication of the low-emission zone policy, which had been criticised as a burden on motorists."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/ulez-better-lung-size-function-london-children
Introducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact
Sadiq Khan
"Critics said I was attacking motorists. It’s more important for me that the city’s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollution"
"When Khan embarked on London’s Ulez, hysterical misinformation quickly spread online, suggesting the mayor intended to shut down London for his own ends. His deputy, Mete Coban, recalls, “The personal abuse Sadiq got on the back of it was incredible. I think it’s this, the misinformation, that is the number one thing that puts off other countries from doing this.”
As Hopkinson put it: “The question for pro-pollution campaigners is ‘why do you hate children?’” "
@CelloMomOnCars @otfrom The hysterical misinformation is still ongoing. (And the personal abuse.) I recently saw someone claiming that the ULEZ had increased emissions / pollution-related illnesses.
@benjamineskola @CelloMomOnCars I think my only problem with calling it misinformation is that I think it is an organised disinformation campaign and I'd like to know who is doing it
@otfrom @CelloMomOnCars I think a lot of the hate he gets is simple racism/islamophobia — and so if there is an organised campaign (and yeah, it wouldn’t surprise me) there’s a lot of people already willing to believe a lot of horrible bullshit about him just because it confirms their preconceptions.
@benjamineskola I agree on London, but this happens lots of other places where race and religion aren't an issue
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