Birmingham CAZ Clean Air Zone - in words, Scrabble letters on a map
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Tony Smith / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4824 x 2904 px | 40.8 x 24.6 cm | 16.1 x 9.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
22 September 2023Location:
Birmingham, England, UK, B5 4BUMore information:
Clean Air Zone Birmingham introduced a Clean Air Zone on 1 June 2021, which charges polluting vehicles to travel into the city centre (all roads within the A4540 ring road). Poor air quality kills around 900 people a year in Birmingham and the government has ordered the city to reduce pollution. The daily charge is £8 for petrol cars built before 2006 and diesel cars built before 2015, and £50 for lorries and coaches. The money is used to improve public transport. The plan was backed by the British Heart Foundation, which said "In order to protect everyone living in Birmingham, it is vital that bold action is taken on air quality. A Clean Air Zone in the city will be a crucial step forward, as this is the most cost-effective way to tackle polluted air and minimise the damaging effect that it has on people’s heart health." In the following month after the introduction of the charge, the number of the most polluting vehicles entering the zone each day dropped from 18, 787 to just over 11, 000, and compliance rose from 73.8% to 80.4%. Nitrogen dioxide levels fell by 13% in the first six months of the scheme.