I'd like to see the actual figures with dates/times/volumes etc. and the full chemical analysis not the political/media spin.
OK, so there's more pollutants produced at a greater speed but they are there for a shorter period of time because of the speed.
Isn't the worst place city congestion because vehicles can't get to/from where they need to go?
So what we actually need is a fit for purpose infrastructure to avoid congestion. That might be frequent, reliable, sensibly priced public transport or perhaps flexible start/finish times to avoid the "rush hour".
At times there are simply too many vehicles and not enough road space. Since the vast majority of these journeys are directly related to "business"- transporting goods or getting workers to and from work etc. - it'll be fascinating to see who has the clout - the environmental or the business interests.
Be interesting to see how this pans out.
Andy.
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