http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Four major cities move to ban diesel vehicles by 2025 en Mon, 18 May 2026 05:49:49 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17225#post-238001 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:20:56 +0000 gibbo 238001@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens say they are implementing the ban to improve air quality."</em></p> <p>But not for another 9 years. 9 more years of polluted air. Why? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17225#post-237959 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:22:34 +0000 chdot 237959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens say they are implementing the ban to improve air quality.</p> <p>They say they will give incentives for alternative vehicle use and promote walking and cycling.</p> <p>"</p> <p>Don't suppose any UK cities have the legal powers to ban diesel vehicles. (Except perhaps London?)</p> <p>They <em>could</em> all do more to restrict traffic generally. </p> <p>Edinburgh's highly desirable '10% for cycling' would go a lot further/be able to be spent more usefully if there was less traffic that 'had' to have much of the available road space... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17225#post-237954 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:59:39 +0000 Kim 237954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some cities on the mainland of Europe did this sort of thing for 20 years, we are sooo far behind... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17225#post-237950 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:33:11 +0000 acsimpson 237950@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder how long it will take Edinburgh to catch up.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38170794">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38170794</a> </p>