Surveys on Air Quality and ULEZ

Air Quality Brentford invite you to fill in the consultation on London ULEZ that closes on Thursday 25th June.

You can fill in the response in under 5 minutes or give the consultation far greater consideration. Air pollution is in the news a lot these days and it's a busy time for those in power to find out what we think.

To respond to the high death rate of Londoners due to long term exposure to pollution, Transport for London is planning to implement an ultra low emissions zone in central London in 2020. All vehicles entering this zone will need to comply with vehicles emissions standards or pay a fee. In the first instance this zone will encompass the existing congestion charging zone. Proposals are also in place to extend this zone to the city bounded by the north and south circular roads. It is estimated that such exemption zones would reduce the level of one of the most toxic pollutants - nitrogen oxide by up to 40% in those areas protected by the zone. Brentford which suffers from high levels of pollution; is currently excluded from these plans and may suffer increased pollution as polluting vehicles choose to drive around London.

If you'd like to read more about the problems and plans please see this overview from London Mayor.

This survey is an opportunity to:

Urge the earliest possible implementation
Urge that vehicles emitting high levels of toxic particulate pollutants are also included
Request Brentford be included within the new Ultra Low Emissions Zone

Go to the survey. An overview and introduction is here
If you are pressed for time, the important questions to answer are below with suggested responses - the rest can be ignored

Question 1: "strongly support"

Question 2: "strongly support"

Question 5: "strongly support"
Question 6: "Please extend the zone to include the Brentford and Ealing areas at the earliest opportunity of 2019. These are residential areas of high pollution that regularly exceed allowed levels."

Also........

If you'd like to request that the whole of Greater London be included in the ULEZ, there is also a petition here which takes 30 seconds to complete