Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Three years on from the ULEZ expansion, the evidence is clear: cleaner air, healthier children, fewer lives cut short.
September 8, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
June 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
London’s air is about to fall within LEGAL limits m of nitrogen dioxide
Tyre particles, road wear and road safety need addressing now
Ban unnecessarily large vehicles or tax them off our streets
London nitrogen dioxide levels fall to legal limit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tyre particles, road wear and road safety need addressing now
Ban unnecessarily large vehicles or tax them off our streets
London nitrogen dioxide levels fall to legal limit www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Meanwhile, in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
👏 “Improving air quality through initiatives like Ulez is crucial for protecting public health and reducing the burden of disease. Cleaner air leads to healthier communities, lower rates of respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses, and a better quality of life for all residents.”
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds
Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Meanwhile, in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Bogotá shows what action looks like.
- 1,400 electric buses.
- 560km of cycle lanes.
- Solar cable cars to the mountains.
- Clean air zones.
- Urban forests.
Air pollution down 24% in six years — with a growing population.
This is what courage + policy can do!
- 1,400 electric buses.
- 560km of cycle lanes.
- Solar cable cars to the mountains.
- Clean air zones.
- Urban forests.
Air pollution down 24% in six years — with a growing population.
This is what courage + policy can do!
February 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Mind you, it’s not like we in Greater Manchester are free from utterly baffling political decisions on air quality #CleanAirZone
February 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Mind you, it’s not like we in Greater Manchester are free from utterly baffling political decisions on air quality #CleanAirZone
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
Low emission and clean air zones attract controversy whenever they are proposed, but there is growing evidence that they work in improving air quality. The Bradford zone was followed by a reduction of about 25% in GP visits for heart and breathing problems and survey data shows that the central London zone was followed by a reduction in the likelihood of a person taking sick leave.
Now analysis of health records has found emergency admissions to hospital reduced after the introduction of the T-charge and ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) in central London. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
What are they going to do when this doesn’t work? #CleanAirZone
January 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What are they going to do when this doesn’t work? #CleanAirZone
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Very good news.
London's clean air zone has meant a restoration of children's lung sizes that had reduced due to pollution.
Noe repeat across the country please
Cos who doesn't want healthier children and cleaner air?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
London's clean air zone has meant a restoration of children's lung sizes that had reduced due to pollution.
Noe repeat across the country please
Cos who doesn't want healthier children and cleaner air?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
The continued failure to act on #AirQuality in Greater Manchester looks more and more glaring, particularly given the ongoing effect on hospital admissions and chronic lung health #CleanAirZone @walkridegm.org.uk @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The continued failure to act on #AirQuality in Greater Manchester looks more and more glaring, particularly given the ongoing effect on hospital admissions and chronic lung health #CleanAirZone @walkridegm.org.uk @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨
London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution
Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester #CleanAirZone
Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
April 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester #CleanAirZone
And the financial implications of inaction? #CleanAirZone
January 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
And the financial implications of inaction? #CleanAirZone
We can’t even have a #CleanAirZone
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 7, 2026 at 6:46 AM
We can’t even have a #CleanAirZone
This is why urban areas need a combination of a #CleanAirZone to get rid of the worst polluting vehicles, and a #CongestionCharge to reduce the total, and generate money to pay for public transport and #ActiveTravel alternatives.
Do our politicians have the will and leadership to act?
Do our politicians have the will and leadership to act?
I often say that driving is the new smoking.
Stark to read that air pollution is causing so many cases of lung cancer.
Uk must do something to tackle this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Stark to read that air pollution is causing so many cases of lung cancer.
Uk must do something to tackle this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Air pollution causing 1,100 cases a year of main form of lung cancer in UK
Exclusive: Health experts and cancer charities say findings should serve as wake-up call to ministers.
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is why urban areas need a combination of a #CleanAirZone to get rid of the worst polluting vehicles, and a #CongestionCharge to reduce the total, and generate money to pay for public transport and #ActiveTravel alternatives.
Do our politicians have the will and leadership to act?
Do our politicians have the will and leadership to act?
Slightly playing devil’s advocate, I’m not sure how much we value preventative healthcare in the UK (see also erosion of General Practice and public health depts) and sometimes sound interventions get binned for crap reasons #CleanAirZone
April 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Slightly playing devil’s advocate, I’m not sure how much we value preventative healthcare in the UK (see also erosion of General Practice and public health depts) and sometimes sound interventions get binned for crap reasons #CleanAirZone
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Encouraging evidence from #Bradford's #cleanairzone: demonstrable improvements in #health. 👍
Let's see more CAZ's in Ireland to improve OUR health (& reduce our love-affair with diesel...it ain't lovin' us back).
Time to expand #Cork's #CAZ too.❤️
@johnwenger9.bsky.social
@jbarimo.bsky.social
Let's see more CAZ's in Ireland to improve OUR health (& reduce our love-affair with diesel...it ain't lovin' us back).
Time to expand #Cork's #CAZ too.❤️
@johnwenger9.bsky.social
@jbarimo.bsky.social
👏
“After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%”
“After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%”
Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Encouraging evidence from #Bradford's #cleanairzone: demonstrable improvements in #health. 👍
Let's see more CAZ's in Ireland to improve OUR health (& reduce our love-affair with diesel...it ain't lovin' us back).
Time to expand #Cork's #CAZ too.❤️
@johnwenger9.bsky.social
@jbarimo.bsky.social
Let's see more CAZ's in Ireland to improve OUR health (& reduce our love-affair with diesel...it ain't lovin' us back).
Time to expand #Cork's #CAZ too.❤️
@johnwenger9.bsky.social
@jbarimo.bsky.social
Politically, Andy Burnham has played a blinder. But at what cost? My take on the Clean Air Zone decision this week @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Clean Air Zone: Andy Burnham called the Conservatives' bluff - but at what cost?
No one comes out of this three year saga looking good
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Hear, hear!
Up here, CAZ is achieving its clean air objectives while generating ~£20m a year to reinvest into transport.
Up here, CAZ is achieving its clean air objectives while generating ~£20m a year to reinvest into transport.
November 2, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester… #CleanAirZone
Given Greater Manchester’s poor air quality and the continued suspension of the #CleanAirZone this might be of interest? @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk
Hey @williamnb.bsky.social are you still looking for a portable air quality monitor? This project just popped up in my feed
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
Monitor air quality on the go with the Raspberry Pi Pico 2
Get real-time data about the air you're breathing no matter where you are.
www.tomshardware.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Given Greater Manchester’s poor air quality and the continued suspension of the #CleanAirZone this might be of interest? @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk
I will join you on that hill, given that a lot of the opposition (as with the Manchester #CleanAirZone) seemed to be based on blatant misinformation
April 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM
I will join you on that hill, given that a lot of the opposition (as with the Manchester #CleanAirZone) seemed to be based on blatant misinformation
It’s a total failure of political leadership, and unwillingness to use considerable political capital to do the right thing in the face of the same noisy minority.
A non-charging #CleanAirZone cannot and will not work.
A non-charging #CleanAirZone cannot and will not work.
July 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
It’s a total failure of political leadership, and unwillingness to use considerable political capital to do the right thing in the face of the same noisy minority.
A non-charging #CleanAirZone cannot and will not work.
A non-charging #CleanAirZone cannot and will not work.
York university study reveals £180 million potential savings from Bradford's #CleanAirZone - reduction in respiratory & cardiovascular primary care visits.
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester…
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester…
York University study reveals £180 Million potential savings from Bradford’s Clean Air Zone
news.bradford.gov.uk
December 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
York university study reveals £180 million potential savings from Bradford's #CleanAirZone - reduction in respiratory & cardiovascular primary care visits.
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester…
Meanwhile in Greater Manchester…