GREEN MEANS GO
SADIQ KHAN PRESSING AHEAD WITH ULEZ EXPANSION TO BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH CIRCULAR ROADS
Sadiq Khan is pressing ahead on October 25 with ULEZ expansion from Central Lon- don to the boun- daries of the North and South Circular roads. It’s estimated this will hit around 140,000 motorists a day.
Taxis: London-licensed taxis are exempt from ULEZ charges. They are currently subject to a 15-year age limit - TfL is cur- rently reviewing proposals to reduce this to 12 years. All newly licensed taxis must be zero emission capable (ZEC) vehicles. Private hire vehicles: PHVs that do not meet the emissions standards and are not wheelchair- accessible must pay the full ULEZ charge to drive within the zone. Designated wheelchair-accessible PHVs will be granted a grace period until 26 October 2025 - during this period des- ignated wheelchair-accessible PHVs used to carry out a private hire booking will be exempt from the ULEZ daily charge. These vehicles will only be exempt when carrying out a private hire book- ing for a TfL-licensed PHV operator. At all other times PHV owners will have to pay the charge if their designated wheelchair-accessible PHV does not meet the emissions standards and is not in the disabled or disabled passen- ger vehicle tax class.
See a list of designated wheelchair- accessible PHVs licensed by TfL
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-pri- vate-hire/passengers-and-accessibility If you feel that your vehicle should be on the list please email:
tph.enquiries@tfl.gov.uk. Drivers of cars and vans, and motorbike riders, will pay £12.50 a day if their vehi- cle breaches the exhaust emissions rules. A £100 fee will be levied on non- compliant lorries and buses. The aim is to build on the reductions in roadside nitrogen dioxide already seen in central London since the ULEZ was first introduced in April 2019. Mr Khan says he has an “overwhelming mandate” to press ahead with green ini- tiatives such as the ULEZ expansion - dubbed ULEX - since his re-election last week. Some campaigners want him to go further and expand the ULEZ across Greater London. An estimated one million vehicles a day circulate within the expanded zone, but about 87 per cent already meet the emission rules so will not be liable to pay. The charges apply 24 hours a day, and on every day except Christmas day. TfL predicts its total income from the ULEZ, congestion charge and low emis- sion zone - a London-wide charge paid by heavier vehicles — could reach £762million this financial year and £1.157billion in 2022-23. Petrol cars must have Euro 4 engines or newer, while diesel cars and vans must have Euro 6 engines. This gener- ally means petrol cars must be less than 16 years old to avoid the charge,
diesel cars less than five years old and diesel vans less than four years old. Motorbikes have to have Euro 3 engines - meaning they have to be less than 13 years old. Last month, a poll in the Standard showed 51 per cent of Londoners sup- ported the ULEZ expansion, with 33 per cent opposed. Two-thirds backed the wider principle of higher-polluting vehicles being charged more to drive in the capital, with 18 per cent opposed.
Mr Khan has vowed to be “the greenest mayor London’s ever had” and said: “Pollution isn’t just a central London problem, which is why expanding the ULEZ later this year will benefit Lon- doners across the whole of the city and is a crucial step in London’s green recovery.” More than 90 per cent of cars met the rules but only 52 per cent of black taxis, though this was up from 27 per cent a year earlier. Black cabs have been exempted by the Mayor from paying the ULEZ. Instead they are subject to rules that have meant only “zero emission capable” (ZEC) new taxis have been licensed in London since 2018, while the age restriction on relicensing older cabs has been tightened. The ULEZ is also credited with helping to reduce the amount of traffic in cen- tral London by about 10 per cent. By last December in central London, 85 per cent of vehicles were ULEZ- compliant, up from 39 per cent in February 2017 when the ULEZ’s launch date was first announced.
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