Transport for LondonCreating a healthier London environment
Skip to navigation << Back to indexTfL's first Environmental Action Plan was published in September 2002. It lists 30 specific environmental actions that TfL is working to achieve.
These include:
- Reducing vehicle emissions, for example, by including a 100 per cent discount from the central London congestion charge for alternative fuel vehicles; funding borough air quality initiatives (£780,000 in the last financial year); trialling dual fuel Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) vehicles and managing the London Low Emission Zone Feasibility Study
- Reducing energy consumption by trialling solar powered lighting at bus stops and bus shelters; improving fuel efficiency of London buses, trialling energy efficient Light Emitting Diode traffic signals
- Reducing noise by using low noise surfacing when resurfacing when resurfacing TfL roads where appropriate, being a partner in the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) noise mapping programme in London
Actions already taken to implement this plan include taking part in the hydrogen fuel cell bus trials, work to ensure that all buses will meet Euro II engine standards (or better) and be fitted with particulate traps by March 2005 (600 buses were fitted with traps in 2002/03).
We are close to having a final emissions strategy following two rounds of consultation with the taxi industry on how best to reduce levels of harmful pollutants from London's 21,000 licensed taxis. The revised strategy, phased to provide both short and longer term solutions, re-introduces an age limit that recognises the reduction in pollutants achieved by more modern taxis and those that convert to LPG, and the use of emission abatement technology for older and consequently more polluting vehicles.
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