Diesel ban, Bristol

[gnu]

There’s been a lot of talk about this. Now it’s happening in Bristol:

‘Bristol is set to become the first city in Britain to ban diesel cars under the toughest measures yet seen to combat air pollution.

The city council wants to prohibit diesels from entering part of the centre from 7am to 3pm daily to cut dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2).

It will apply to all diesels, irrespective of age, including the cleanest Euro 6 models registered since 2015. Owners of petrol cars will be exempt, though research shows that older petrol vehicles release high levels of emissions.

Drivers who ignore the ban will be fined as part of the measures, due from March 2021. Motoring groups labelled the plans “unprecedented” and said that many low-income families would be hit.’ Sunday Times

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b...cars-kbrlz6ttw

Anyone going to be affected by this? Fortunately mine’s a petrol.

[genpk]

i can see this being the thin edge of the sword.
Council beauracrats trying to be enlightened greens.
We have councils over here trying to enact rules no one wants

[grivas]

Originally Posted by genpk

i can see this being the thin edge of the sword.
Council beauracrats trying to be enlightened greens.
We have councils over here trying to enact rules no one wants

Get them deselected!.

[Russel]

In Southampton the cruise ships and container ships cause more pollution but they are still blame diesel cars

[wizzo337]

If people allow it to happen, it's their own fault. Fight it, get your bums out on the streets. Vote of no confidence in the council concerned.

[Kevin Williams]

Just seeing the comments about Birmingham reminded me of a situation in the late 1970s, when I worked for the transport authority.

Lots of noise then from city shop owners led by the manager of Woolworths about the sea of buses using the famous one way loop [created by Chamberlain?] around Corporation St, Colmore Row and New St [hope I've got those right] creating pollution and so discouraging shoppers and the need for more central car parks. It festered on for a while until there was a bus drivers strike. After Day 4 of the strike, said Woolworths manager was pleading for a settlement as his takings were down 50% and he would struggle to pay his business rates...

Funnily enough we never heard about bus pollution ever again. Some shoppers did go in and slag him off for not wanting their business if they came by bus.

New St. did get pedestrianised years later and bus stops mainly moved further out

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by genpk

i can see this being the thin edge of the sword.
Council beauracrats trying to be enlightened greens.
We have councils over here trying to enact rules no one wants

How true! A few local authorities have joined the C40 initiative besides implementing government mandates for the Paris accord commitments!


Off the top of my head the last time I looked Greater Manchester,Oxford & Birmingham, oh and Scotland.
The programmes presented by the initiative include everything from the full electrification of company fleets by 2030, up to cities who plan to solely purchase electric buses by 2025. The climate alliance now compromises a total of more than 60 members.


They've just implemented it in Spain & all eyes are on Catalonia.
Guess who is going to fund it!!!
For the new carbon tax coming in, the government expects to add about 150 million euros a year to its budgets.

Catalonia wants to levy the carbon tax for 2019 for the first time in November 2020. It will then initially apply to vehicles emitting 120 grams of CO2 per kilometre or more. Vehicles that emit more than 95 g CO2 per kilometre will then be taxed for 2020. In practice, owners of a Porsche Cayenne with CO2 emissions of 265 g/km, for example, will have to pay a tax of €127 for 2019 and €176 for the following year.



Looks like my Kia Niro hybrid which emits 95g/CO2/Km will have to pay the carbon tax after next year if they go by that initiative.


As Dylan sang! The times they are a changin'

[SD1too]

Originally Posted by gnu

... to ban diesel cars ...

Only cars? What about the "dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide" from vans, HGVs, buses and coaches?

It's always the private motorist who pays.

Simon

[Bogbrush82]

Originally Posted by SD1too

Only cars? What about the "dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide" from vans, HGVs, buses and coaches?
Simon

They earn more money than the average motorist, so the lack of time they spent at the pumps isn't as much of an issue.

It's all about money, and naff all about emissions.

[mileshawk56]

Bristol has always been a bit of a Animal Farm outpost. Chris.S.