Improving air quality
A pollution solution
Our plans would fund a number of initiatives that would improve air quality inside the congestion charging area.
Cars, vans, lorries and buses release harmful air pollutants - particulates and nitrogen oxides - that can affect people’s health, causing respiratory complaints.
Our plans could help reduce the number of pollutants and improve air quality.
More trams, powered by carbon-free hydro-electricity, would run to more destinations. Extra carriages on trains would carry more people. Plus more cycle lanes would be developed, filling gaps in the current network.
Within the charging rings, emissions of local air pollutants in areas that currently have the worst air pollution will drop by up to 12%.
