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Low emission zones - time to get started?

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  1. LaidBack
    Member

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-34051566

    Lesley Hinds said: "We are already working closely with bus and road freight operators to reduce vehicle emissions on some of our busiest traffic routes and recent monitoring suggests that air quality is improving in many places, including the South Bridge/Nicolson Street corridor."
    Emilia Hanna, of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: "Toxic traffic fumes right here on Nicolson Street are harming the public's health.

    They can't both be right.

    Ideally the city should pedestrianised at this time of year to improve the health and safety of visitors - and then just stay that way. They can't be scared of any downward financial effects during festival, can they? Apparently banks have run out of sacks to collect money in.

    Posted 9 years ago #
  2. chdot
    Admin

    "They can't both be right."

    Actually they can.

    They are saying different things.

    LH is perhaps less convincing though -

    "recent monitoring suggests"

    Posted 9 years ago #
  3. duncans
    Member

    Surprised I hadn't found this before:

    Edinburgh Air Quality Latest

    The St John's Road one shows as bad or worse than the city centre ones quite often.

    Posted 9 years ago #
  4. chdot
    Admin


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