ULEZ works. It’ll also never be adopted in most of North America.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

More toxic air pollution has been averted by London’s ultra-low emission zones than is produced by the capital’s airports or its river and rail transport combined, according to a new analysis of the effects of the Ulez.

The report showed that improvements in air quality between 2019 and 2022 from lowering motor vehicle pollution – even before the expansion of the Ulez throughout the capital since August – rivalled the potential savings from entirely cleaning up London’s aviation or industrial and commercial heat and power generation.

Early data suggested TfL was netting £1m a day in charges and fines, although the scheme was not designed to raise revenue in the long term.

“In a few short years the Ulez has prevented tens of thousands of tonnes of toxic nitrogen oxide emissions from being released and the London-wide expansion is enabling 5 million more Londoners to breathe cleaner air.”

The expansion of the Ulez scheme was met with hostility in parts of Greater London, where public transport provision is poor and people on low incomes have been faced with charges potentially running into thousands a year.

The Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, formally announced this month that he would not be pursuing a similar clean air zone, saying investment in cleaner buses and taxis would drive down pollution “without causing hardship”.

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