Tfl Ignored Report
Finally the details of the Jacob's report, which reveal the minimal effect of ULEZ.
Is it a huge waste of time and money - which could have been spent far more wisely on resources to help those who suffer from asthma and similar conditions?
"A report commissioned by Transport for London (TfL), of which Khan is the chairman, concluded that there would be few benefits to such an expansion.
The report was published in May last year but its findings appear to have been largely ignored by the Mayor’s team, with little public acknowledgement of its conclusions.
The report, conducted by Jacobs, a technical professional services firm, analysed 38 different objectives that TfL and the Mayor’s team hope to achieve with the Ulez expansion, covering the areas of the environment, people and the economy and measuring the impact this year.
Yet only five of those objectives were shown to have a minor or moderately positive impact if Ulez were expanded.
All the rest were deemed as having no effect either way, or as having a minor or moderately negative impact on Londoners.
A key driver behind Khan’s plan to expand the Ulez scheme is the desire to reduce the amount of tiny particles that vehicles – especially diesel engines – emit into the air and that then seep into our lungs, known as PM 10s and PM 2.5s.
This can contribute to children getting asthma, as well as congenital heart defects and lung diseases, with Khan warning that “air pollution is making us sick from cradle to the grave”.
The Jacobs report found that there would be just a 0.1pc reduction in people being exposed to PM 2.5 in a year, and that would prevent just nine older children from developing asthma. It describes the health benefits as “relatively small”
Is it a huge waste of time and money - which could have been spent far more wisely on resources to help those who suffer from asthma and similar conditions?
"A report commissioned by Transport for London (TfL), of which Khan is the chairman, concluded that there would be few benefits to such an expansion.
The report was published in May last year but its findings appear to have been largely ignored by the Mayor’s team, with little public acknowledgement of its conclusions.
The report, conducted by Jacobs, a technical professional services firm, analysed 38 different objectives that TfL and the Mayor’s team hope to achieve with the Ulez expansion, covering the areas of the environment, people and the economy and measuring the impact this year.
Yet only five of those objectives were shown to have a minor or moderately positive impact if Ulez were expanded.
All the rest were deemed as having no effect either way, or as having a minor or moderately negative impact on Londoners.
A key driver behind Khan’s plan to expand the Ulez scheme is the desire to reduce the amount of tiny particles that vehicles – especially diesel engines – emit into the air and that then seep into our lungs, known as PM 10s and PM 2.5s.
This can contribute to children getting asthma, as well as congenital heart defects and lung diseases, with Khan warning that “air pollution is making us sick from cradle to the grave”.
The Jacobs report found that there would be just a 0.1pc reduction in people being exposed to PM 2.5 in a year, and that would prevent just nine older children from developing asthma. It describes the health benefits as “relatively small”
