York's Clean Air Zone consultation starts today

On Clean Air Day, 21 June 2018, City of York Council is launching a consultation on a Clean Air Zone for buses in the city centre to help tackle traffic pollution which can be harmful to people’s health.

Unlike other parts of the country where a Clean Air Zone is a mandatory requirement, the council is proactively looking to introduce the new zone.

This will help to reduce the amount of traffic pollutants in York’s city centre, which are mainly caused by diesel vehicles.

The council’s looking at many ways to improve air quality in the city centre. One of these options is by working with bus operators to apply the proposed Clean Air Zone to local bus services.

Bus services make up three per cent of the traffic but cause 27 per cent of the main pollutants in York.

The survey is now live at www.york.gov.uk/consultations.

To find out more about which bus services could be affected, or for more background on this proposal, visit: https://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=733&MId=10195