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Cleaner, greener taxis? Have your say
There's just two weeks left to have your say on proposed changes to the way taxi and private hire vehicles are licensed ahead of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) planned for 2020.
The consultation focuses on two main proposals: The first requires all newly licensed taxi and private hire vehicles to be zero emission capable from 1 January 2018.
This means vehicles must be either pure electric or a hybrid vehicle capable of running in zero emission (at tailpipe) mode for all or part of the time.
The second proposal suggests keeping the existing 15-year age limit for taxis to encourage retirement of the oldest, most polluting vehicles through a voluntary decommissioning scheme.
A £65m fund will be used to help drivers upgrade to the next generation of environmentally friendly vehicles, helping to make London's taxi fleet the cleanest and greenest in the world.
Fresh air for the future
By 2020, we are committed to ensuring all 300 single-decker buses operating in the ULEZ are zero emission and all 3,000 double-decker buses will be hybrid.
Together, these measures are expected to nearly halve emissions of harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) from vehicle exhausts in central London.
The ULEZ will also lead to a significant fall in the number of people living in areas of poor air quality by 72% in central London and 54% London-wide.
The consultation runs until 11 August. Find out more about the plans and comment on the proposals attfl.gov.uk/ultra-low-emission-zone
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