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Oxford first council to approve city-wide air pollution target Oxford City Council has become the first local authority in the UK to approve a city-wide air pollution reduction target. The council has approved its Air Quality Action Plan 2021-2025, which sets out a list of 30 actions to protect residents from harmful air pollution. It includes a target of reaching 30 µg/m3 of NO2 to be achieved by 2025, compared to the legal target of 40 µg/m3 set by the Government. The plan includes delivering Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) and Connecting Oxford - two major schemes to tackle road tra...

Oxford City council is on course to be the first local authority in the UK to set a target for the reduction of harmful air pollution. Its Air…

This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Oxford and Coventry are set to become the […]

A DECISION on whether three Low Traffic Neighbourhoods should be rolled out in Cowley will be made next week, after a survey found local support for…

Tom Hayesand Yvonne Constance. Picture: Oxford Mail THE final chance for people to have a say in plans to charge drivers for taking fossil fuel burning cars through the middle of Oxford is coming to an end. The charge for driving through the planned Zero Emissions Zone is a similar concept to the congestion charge in central London, but it is aimed at tackling air pollution instead of traffic jams. Under the scheme, most petrol and diesel cars would face a charge of £4 a day for entering the zone between 7am and 7pm. Before the scheme's pilot begins on August 1, the two public bodies...