Bristol City Council Clean Air Plan Doesn’t Solve Air Pollution From Cars Greener Journeys says

Bristol Clean Air Plan not good enough organisation says:

If you are a regular walking commuter through central Bristol, the levels of pollution in the city caused by cars won’t be a surprise.

Or perhaps you are so used to it that you no longer notice. At Chopsy Bristol we definitely notice. It’s really obvious upon returning back to the daily school run after taking a break out of of the city for school holidays. That the choking dusty taste of pollution along Upper Maudlin Street fills your lungs. The air is so thick you could eat it.

And we’re not the only ones who have noticed it. Bristol City Council’s Clean Air Plan, isn’t going far enough to cut down on congestion and pollution, Greener Journeys also says.

The sustainable transport organisation says that the council is not cutting down on car use in the city, which is the biggest source of air pollution.

Figures from the Department for Transport finds that car use in the city has increased by five per cent since 2010, with the number of miles travelled by car to 1.179 billion by 2016.

Bristol has until December this year to investigate the extreme levels of pollution and come up with a plan to resolve it.

But the Chief Executive of Greener Journeys, Claire Haigh says the council is not going far enough to cut back on car use in the city.

She says: “The decision of Bristol Council to exclude cars from their Clean Air Zone represents a failure of policy to tackle our air pollution crisis. Government guidance directs councils to target buses not cars, but cars are by far the biggest polluters on our roads. With car usage increasing year-on-year, the decision to penalise bus users but not car drivers will not only worsen air pollution but will inevitably lead to further congestion.

“We urge Government to support councils in their efforts to tackle air pollution by providing clear evidence-based guidance. And we urge Bristol Council to include cars in their plan. If Clean Air Zones are to be effective, they must include the biggest polluters and they must tackle congestion. A modern, diesel double-decker bus can take 75 cars off the road, helping to solve both pollution and congestion problems across our cities.”

Air pollution causes up to 50,000 early deaths every year in the UK, with people in the UK the 64 times more likely to as a result of it than residents in Sweden.

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