Poppy Lyle

Greater London Authority

• Sadiq Khan was elected Mayor of London on 5 May 2016

• Manifesto set out desire to do a bigger and/or sooner Ultra Low Emission Zone amongst many other measures

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quality

• Made a major policy announcement on air quality on Friday 13th

The case for action

Public Health

particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This estimated that the equivalent of 9,500 deaths were caused by long-term exposure to air pollution.

life would lose 2.2 years (if male) and 2 years (if female) of life expectancy.

FairnessThe health impacts associated with air pollution fall disproportionally on our most vulnerable communities, affecting the poorest and those from minority ethnic groups more acutely. Tackling air pollution is about social justice and there is an urgent need to do more to tackle public health inequalities.

Legal complianceLike most major European cities, London does not meet the legal requirements for NO2 and issues remain with Particulate Matter).

Ultra Low Emission Zone and other charges

Extending the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the North Circular Road and the South Circular Road and the possibility of bringing forward the introduction earlier than 2020. Under current plans the ULEZ will only operate within the Congestion Charging Zone and it is due to come in from 2020.

Implementing an extra charge on the most polluting vehicles entering central London using the Congestion Charge payment and enforcement system from 2017 (this would not mean an increase in the Congestion Charge but just the method for collecting the extra charge from people driving the most polluting vehicles)

Introducing ULEZ standards for heavy vehicles London-wide from 2020

To balance and mitigate effects the Mayor has also called on Government to implement a national diesel scrappage scheme

Mayor’s announcement

TfL to lead by example

• Introducing self-imposed ULEZ standards a year earlier for TfL double

decker buses

• Implementing clean bus corridors – tackling the worst pollution hotspots by

concentrating cleaner buses on the dirtiest routes

• Expanding the ULEZ retrofit programme to 3,000 buses outside the central

zone (up from 2,000)

• Purchasing only hybrid or zero-emission double-decker buses from 2018.

Next steps

• Formal policy consultation

LLAQM - Objectives

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opportunities, risks and policies

• Enhanced co-ordination of air quality projects and funding

• Enhanced focus on air quality and raised profile of borough air quality work

LLAQM Support

AQAP template

Air Quality Action Matrix

Borough by borough modelled maps and source apportionment for NO2, PM10 and PM2.5

Identification of air quality focus areas (in consultation with boroughs)

Guidance and contract clauses for procurement of monitoring services

Provision of template SPG

Annual compendium of highlights of air quality action taken by boroughs

Annual report to TEC

Example LLAQM Mapping

Example LLAQM Mapping

LLAQM key changes

• Reduced reporting

• Provision of resources and templates

• Action plans revised every 5 years

• Consideration of focus areas when action planning

• More information sharing and partnership working

• GLA to have strategic oversight of monitoring network

MAQF Round 1

£6million42 projects completed, including:

• Electric vehicle car club• Anti-idling campaigns• Working with businesses to help them reduce their emissions• Parklets, fresh air squares, tree planting and green walls• Consolidation of deliveries• Establishment of the London Low Emission Construction

Partnership • Innovative projects working to reduce pollution around famous

London hospitals such as Barts and Great Ormond Street.

MAQF Project Spotlight

ZEN Hackney

• Recruited over 850 businesses to the ZEN

• Undertaken or scheduled over 583 pollution reducing measures with ZEN businesses

• Provided grants for a range of active travel infrastructure measures (including 10 cargo bikes, 19 showers, 13 cycle storage facilities and 16 pool bikes/e-bikes)

• Winner of two national awards - Fleet Heroes and National CSR Awards. Runner up in a further 3 awards

MAQF Project Spotlight

GOSH Camden

• Idling by ambulance drivers has been eradicated previously drivers were idling in 75% of the surveys.

• 38,000 annual patient journeys making the shift to low emission travel.

• Percentage of taxis booked through the hospital that are low / zero emission has increased from around 70% to around 91%

• National Air Quality Award 2015 and was shortlisted for a Sustainable City Award 2015

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zone• Walking maps for Kings X / St Pancras, Euston and Waterloo•

promote low and zero carbon travel• No-idling toolkit pack for ambulance companies (posters, info

sheets, window pledge stickers)• Video encouraging no carbon travel to the hospital shown in

the main reception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9kEYY0mFrs

MAQF Project Spotlight

EV Car Club Westminster

• 23 EV charging points installed serving 42 Car club

• The car club is servicing these bays with 40 plug-in hybrid vehicles.

MAQF Round 2

The second round of MAQF grants have been awarded for projects which commenced in April 2016 and include:

• an innovative lamppost charging project - Hounslow• a green delivery service which encourages people to walk or cycle

to the local shops - Walthamstow • several projects supporting boroughs to reduce the 10% of

pollution which comes from construction and construction machinery a range of projects to reduce idling and encourage walking and cycling.

Low Emission Neighbourhoods

The fund will also be supporting a number of transformative Low Emission Neighbourhoods (LENs), with £1 million each. These LENs will deliver a package of interventions in a defined area to provide an enhanced environment for walking and cycling and a reduction in emissions and exposure.

Event

19th July Mayoral Event

• An address from the Mayor• Presentations from boroughs on some of the Mayor's Air

Quality Fund projects• Talks from some of the businesses, residents and

schoolchildren who have benefitted from local projects• Announcement of the Low Emission Neighbourhoods that

will be awarded £1million each in funding• A drinks reception

www.london.gov.uk/mayors_air_quality_fund

poppy.lyle@london.gov.uk