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London's North-South Cycle Highway to King's Cross approved01/09/2016 The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Transport for London (TfL) have confirmed they intend to go ahead with the North-South Cycle Superhighway to King’s Cross, after plans were supported by 70% of respondents to its consultation. |
NICE calls for range of traffic changes to improve air quality01/12/2016 More speed cameras and lower speed limits are two of the ideas being put forward by health experts in order to improve air quality. |
Comment: How do we address air quality without choking off the economy?25/08/2017 Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, gives his analysis of the difficult issues surrounding the nation’s air quality. |
'Not very joined up': MPs and transport chiefs slam pollution plan24/05/2018 Senior politicians and transport experts have criticised the Government’s latest clean air strategy for what they saw as a failure to tackle emissions from transport. |
Ministers 'shying away' from action on air pollution20/06/2018 The MPs who led an unprecedented joint inquiry into Government plans to tackle air pollution have accused ministers of ‘dragging their feet’ on the issue. |
Urban consolidation centres 'significantly outweigh' costs, govt advisers find12/07/2018 An economic assessment tool specially developed by Government advisers has shown the benefits from urban consolidation centres (UCCs) can outweigh any extra costs. |
Highways England rebuffs Khan's attempt to raid pollution fund18/12/2018 Highways England has insisted that it is not underspending its designated fund for air quality after London mayor Sadiq Khan suggested that cash from the fund could help expand his planned £23m scrappage scheme. |
Public Health England moots road pricing to tackle pollution13/03/2019 Low emission zones and road pricing deliver the highest public health benefit of transport interventions aimed at tackling the effects of air pollution, the Government’s own advisers have said. |
Shell launches new greener asphalt technology19/03/2019 Shell has launched a new bitumen product to help reduce the impact of asphalt production and paving on local air quality. |
Amey gets smart to tackle SRN pollution29/07/2019 Amey Consulting has won funding for two projects that will attempt to use smart technology to improve air quality around the strategic road network. |
Cities make business case for £1.5bn air quality fund02/09/2019 Leaders of cities with illegal levels of air pollution are calling for the Government to boost spending on air quality, arguing that a fund of £1.5bn could generate up to £6.5bn in returns. |
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