ULEZ scrappage scheme to begin on 31 July
Transport for London’s Commissioner Andy Lord has confirmed a scrappage scheme for vehicles affected by the expansion of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone will begin on Monday 31 July. In his commissioner’s report published ahead of today’s TfL board meeting (July 25), Mr Lord has given the date when the additional support will be […]
Sunak urged to drop 2030 petrol and diesel ban
Rishi Sunak has been urged to scrap the ban on new petrol and diesel cars scheduled for 2030 after his party’s by-election win in Uxbridge last week was put down to opposition to the ULEZ expansion. The success, in the face of two significant losses in other by-elections for the Conservatives, followed a campaign opposing […]
Johnson criticises “bone headed” ULEZ expansion
The man who introduced the original Ultra Low Emission Zone in central London has criticised the “sheer bone-headed cruelty” of the schemes expansion to the whole of London. Writing in the Daily Mail, the former London Mayor and Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the tax is “so unpopular, so odious — so transparently wrong and […]
TfL keeping ULEZ camera locations secret to reduce vandalism fears
Transport for London has explained why it is keeping the precise location of ULEZ enforcement cameras a secret, saying revealing them would result in them being vandalised or chopped down even more quickly than is already happening. The High Court has heard how there has been an “epidemic” of attacks on the 1,750 numberplate-reading cameras […]
TfL “disaster planning” over ULEZ expansion
Transport for London is reported to be looking at four different scenarios for how legal action against the proposed expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone might affect its plans to introduce the restrictions across the whole of the capital. London’s Evening Standard reports that it is “disaster planning” four possible outcomes from the legal […]
ULEZ brings in nine-figure sum
New figures have revealed that London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone generated more than £224m last year. Data obtained by the BBC has found that roughly a third of the money came from penalty charge notices, with the rest from daily charge payments. It says Transport for London says the money is used to cover “set-up […]
Khan extends ULEZ scheme after pressure from Labour MPs
London’s Mayor has announced that tens of thousands more Londoners, including all those receiving child benefit and all small businesses in the capital, will be eligible for financial support to replace polluting vehicles from the end of July. Sadiq Khan says this is part of a major extension of London’s biggest ever scrappage scheme ahead […]
Councils granted more grounds to challenge ULEZ expansion
The High Court has announced the inclusion of further grounds for a challenge in the Judicial Review filed by a coalition of councils against the proposed expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone. Harrow Online reports that the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Hillingdon, and Harrow, along with Surrey County Council, successfully appealed to have […]
Anti-ULEZ campaigners warn about future of iconic London to Brighton Mini Run
Drivers taking part in the long-running London to Brighton Mini Run have been warned that the event is in danger because of the expansion of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of the city, with protestors demonstrating at the event’s starting location in Cheam. More than 2,000 of the classic vehicles, […]
Man charged with damaging London’s ULEZ cameras
A 42 year old man has been charged with criminal damage and destruction of, or damage to, property in connection to attacks on ULEZ cameras in London. The Met Police says there have been 96 allegations of criminal damage which were passed to it by Transport for London. The attacks have been part of a […]
