About ULEZ
What's Happening
From the 29th August Diesel vehicles generally first registered before September 2015 and Petrol vehicles generally first registered before 2005 will have to pay £12:50 a day to drive in the ULEZ zone. Some older cars are compliant eg diesel has to be Euro 6 and petrol has to be Euro4. This means if you live within the zone and just drive to the local shop you will have to pay. To enforce this cameras are being put up throughout the zone. These cameras were ordered before the ULEZ consultation was even started.
Being a Londoner does not make you exempt
The Original ULEZ zone gave residents a much longer run up to prepare for the implementation of the scheme. This time residents within and out of the zone have been just given a mere 9 months to prepare for this change. This is causing hardship among people who have an older car because they can't afford a newer car. Imagine having brought a 7 year old Diesel on finance. It is now worth a fraction of it's price because of the ULEZ extension and you owe a lot of money on it.
Some people are covering cameras, painting lenses, cutting wires or even removing them.
Why ULEZ is Wrong on so Many Different Levels
Topics covered or will be soon.
- TFL and Mayors commissioned report says extended ULEZ will make little or no difference to pollution levels. Report link further down
- Undemocratic. The Consultation results came out against ULEZ extension despite being promoted to pro ULEZ groups and not counting at least 5,500 objections against ULEZ extension.
- Cameras for extension were purchased a month before consultation on ULEZ extension started.
- Keeping older cars going is so much better for the environment than scrapping them and making new ones.
- Electric cars and vans are not good for any distance or carrying weight. They don't live up to claims.
- Electric vehicle batteries cost thousands to replace and have a relatively short lifespan.
- There is no way to find out if you stray into the ULEZ zone. If you don't realise or forget to pay on time there are extortionate fines instead. Going up from £80 to £90 soon double to £180 if you cannot pay promptly, or your letter arrives late. This has happened to loads of people.
- Less well off people are less likely to be able to afford compliant vehicles. Low paid shift workers eg. security and NHS workers cannot rely on public transport and need their cars.
- There is little to no public transport in some parts of outer London, some residents in Ulez expansion zone face two-mile treks to nearest train station. Not much good if they find walking hard.
- There are not enough compliant vehicles available and they have greatly increased in cost, whereas non compliant vehicles have plummeted in value.
- There has been many untruths told to promote the ULEZ extension, using dubious data. addressed further down.
- Radio and TV adverts are being investigated for being misleading by ASA. The Mayor and TFL were pulled up for being misleading on the inner ULEZ advertising.
- Small businesses and sole traders will struggle to stay in business as the cannot afford newer vehicles. They will have to add cost to customers (if they manage to stay in business) this will be thousands of pounds a year for just one vehicle.
- Businesses just inside the Extended zone will lose business because people will not drive into the zone because the £12:50 charge.
- Nine months warning for people to change their vehicles especially as those with non compliant vehicles are much worse off.
- Elderly people and others with mobility issues and only use their cars locally for shopping and socially will be penalised £12:50 for short journey causing financial hardship loss of independence and isolation.
- Families that drive regularly to support elderly or disabled relatives who are housebound will not be able to afford to do this any more, leaving their family members vulnerable and lonely.
- People who have brought vehicles on finance and owe lots of money on them, had intended for keeps now face serious financial difficulties as their existing vehicles are almost worthless.
- Residents in the Home counties, (the areas adjacent to outer London extended ULEZ area) will also be affected by by this scheme. There will be a loss of choice of many shops and services which are literally next door.
- Scrappage scheme is not fit for purpose. This is not avaliable for most people, must be in receipt of certain benefits.
- The signs do not state that there may be a charge. How are people meant to know there is a charge until they get a fine?
- Busses are converted to Euro 6 using a Diesel particulate filter (DPF). These filters store all the bad bits only to be released at some point in the future on the roads or at the bus depot by revving the engine.
- The London underground has high levels of air pollution linked to health problems. Research carried out on parts of the underground found that concentrations of fine particles (PM2.5) were 15 times higher than above ground.
You Are Being Watched. Map of ULEZ Cameras
Red Cameras. Black Taken, painted or wires cut. Blue new yet to be confirmed.
Transport for London refuse to give locations of cameras. Julie and a team of people from all over London have put this together. Some of these cameras cover cut-de-sacs and dead ends which are just inside the extension, but the entrance to them is outside the zone. This suggests the extension is all about Money not pollution. With this amount of cameras everything will be ready for pay per mile in a couple of years once TFL stop pulling in the money from this scheme.
Check Here Regularly for Updates.
The Truth About 4,000 Pollution Deaths
Thank you to Paul Swain for allowing the use of his illustration
Thank you to Paul Swain for allowing the use of his illustration
There has been a lot said about the ULEZ extension. Wild figures like 4,000 deaths a year have been brandished around. The link below will explain how this crazy figure came about. There has been very little said about the people that this daily charge of £12.50 will adversely affect. Small businesses, sole trainers and ordinary people who are struggling with the cost of living crisis.
Thank you to Paul Swain for allowing the use of his illustration
Thank you to Paul Swain for allowing the use of his illustration
Thank you to Paul Swain for allowing the use of his illustration
£12:50 is the daily charge, however if you miss making the payment you will get a £180 fine through the post. This is reduced to £90 if paid within 14 days. It has been widely reported that sometimes Fines arrive after 14 days so £180 has to be paid. Transport for London have been merciless to people that have had this happen to them. Few
£12:50 is the daily charge, however if you miss making the payment you will get a £180 fine through the post. This is reduced to £90 if paid within 14 days. It has been widely reported that sometimes Fines arrive after 14 days so £180 has to be paid. Transport for London have been merciless to people that have had this happen to them. Few have been successful at appealing. People with these non compliant vehicles are the people that can't afford newer vehicles, thus punishing people with lower incomes further.
The Consultation Was Biased But Still Against The Extension
Thank you to Paul Swain for allowing the use of his illustration
The Consultation Was Biased But Still Against The Extension
The consultation was deliberately targeted at groups that would be in favour of an extended ULEZ then about 5,500 responses were removed and still numbers came out against ULEZ extension.
This website will do it's best to provide you with facts and the links to important documents many of them commissioned by Transport for London and The Mayor/London Assembly
Jason Goldrick illustrated and wrote
This is going to affect the younger generation, we are in it together.
Shahzad Sheikh aka Brown Car Guy on YouTube
My nan and grandad saved long and hard for their motorbike. It gave them freedom every weekend from the 4 walls they lived in. What Khan is trying to achieve is the total opposite of what my nan and grandad and many others stand for.
Shahzad Sheikh aka Brown Car Guy on YouTube
This is going to affect the younger generation, we are in it together.
Shahzad Sheikh aka Brown Car Guy on YouTube
Shahzad explains in plain language with all the facts laid out really well. Unbiased and factual. He has comprehensive articles on all aspects on ULEZ extension in separate YouTube publications. Really recommend taking a look.
This is going to affect the younger generation, we are in it together.
This is going to affect the younger generation, we are in it together.
TfL’s Dirty Little Secret... 160 Ventilation Shafts In London, Spewing Out Toxic Fumes From The Tube System.
In the link below Professor Anthony Frew talks about pollution and how he warned that the figures could be used in a way that would mislead the public. This was 4 years ago and his warnings were not in vain. This is really worth listening to.
TfL’s Dirty Little Secret... 160 Ventilation Shafts In London, Spewing Out Toxic Fumes From The Tube System.
TfL’s Dirty Little Secret... 160 Ventilation Shafts In London, Spewing Out Toxic Fumes From The Tube System.
TfL’s Dirty Little Secret... 160 Ventilation Shafts In London, Spewing Out Toxic Fumes From The Tube System.
As air quality and pollution has become fashionable to bleat about, TfL and certain London councils have used this propaganda to disguise their true agendas, which has seen London bought to a virtual gridlocked full stop.
Pollution in tube stations 30 times higher than beside busy roads in capital, experts say
TfL’s Dirty Little Secret... 160 Ventilation Shafts In London, Spewing Out Toxic Fumes From The Tube System.
Pollution in tube stations 30 times higher than beside busy roads in capital, experts say
This article is 4 years old, due to new less polluting vehicles surely this must be more than 30 times now?
Proof NOX is worse in areas that already have ULEZ
TfL’s Dirty Little Secret... 160 Ventilation Shafts In London, Spewing Out Toxic Fumes From The Tube System.
Pollution in tube stations 30 times higher than beside busy roads in capital, experts say
This is the real agenda from the Transport for London website.
This is the real agenda from the Transport for London website.
This is the real agenda from the Transport for London website.
The Mayor and Transport for London have quietly admitted that they are planning to implement pay per mile once the expansion of the ULEZ no longer brings in such a large amount of cash. There has been no mandate for the expansion of the ULEZ scheme and there is no mandate for pay per mile.
Buses Not an Option in Parts of Outer London
This is the real agenda from the Transport for London website.
This is the real agenda from the Transport for London website.
Central London has good travel links, with buses, tubes and the overground. Many people living in villiages and rural Outer London have very limited transport links. They are unlikely to work within walking distance, cycling on these roads is very dangerous.
Consultation was always going to be ignored
This is the real agenda from the Transport for London website.
Consultation was always going to be ignored
The London Mayor has admitted that the ULEZ cameras for the extension were purchased 3 months before any formal consultation on expanding the ULEZ was undertaken
The Equality Impact Assessment conducted by Jacobs Report, stated clearly ULEZ would unfairly impact on disabled people, was totally ignored.
From the Jacobs report London-Wide ULEZ Integrated Impact Assessment commissioned by TFL page 84 (there is a link to it in the article below this one) "Disabled people who do not qualify for the Motability scheme or disabled vehicle tax exemption for their vehicles would be disproportionately impacted by the Proposed Scheme, as it is likely to be more difficult for them to switch mode or to upgrade to a compliant vehicle, due to financial constraints and/or the vehicle adaptations required. Disabled people may not be able to use active modes, and encounter significant barriers when using public transport, as discussed in the Baseline Report. For example, 11 per cent of rail and tube stations in outer London have only partial step free access, and 41 per cent have no step free access at all." The document in the link below Inclusion London’s briefing – The proposed expansion of ULEZ to Greater London clearly and extensively explains how ULEZ will impact disabled people.
Jacobs Report, London-wide ULEZ Integrated Impact Assessment
Sadiq Khan's ULEZ Expansion Will Have a Negligible effect on Air Quality in Outer London
This table shows the estimated impact with and without the extended ULEZ extension. As you can see there is very little difference in NO2 and no difference to PM2.5 levels. Check out the report commissioned by Transport for London. London-wide ULEZ Integrated Impact Assessment (ULEZ Scheme IIA) The table is on page 47 of the report.
TFL Advertising Expenses to Promote ULEZ Expansion
Marketing to promote consultation
Marketing to promote ULEZ Extension
Mayor's outburst at victims of unfair ULEZ
Facebook group participant wrote in response to Sadiq Khans outburst at Ealing Mayors Question Time
I don't get offended or angry very easily.
I'm a medical profess with a logical and informed perspective of things. Yes, we do need cleaner air, but this is acknowledged by car manufacturers across the world.
As a medical professional I am absolutely not a covid denier - I've treated far too many Covid patients and have long term and life limiting health issues due to Covid.
I'm not far right, I'm not Conservative (I'm NHS, how on earth could I be a Tory?)
Far too many healthcare staff are already on the breadline, driving around in 20 year old cars because they can't afford anything decent that complies with Euro 5 / Euro 6. Now, if these people lived up north, and not subjected to already overpriced homes, then maybe they could afford to buy a compliant vehicle. But they don't. We live in or around London.
Imagine a Nurse, a Junior Doctor, a Paramedic who can no longer afford to go to work. This is only going to force our amazing staff who work in the NHS to leave London for a far better life, which will only put lives at risk.
I'm seething right now at being accused of being a far right, racist Tory, when I'm struggling to provide for my own family.
CAZs and LTNs Explained
CAZs and LTNs Explained
A Clean Air Zones or CAZ is an area within a city where a local authority has imposed measures to attempt to improve the air quality. There are differant types but generally driving in the CAZ will incur a fee. These areas can make it difficult for the disabled, delivery and taxidrivers. They can also cause dammage local businesses within the area. Traffic around of the boundary of these areas tend to become busier and suffer a loss of air quality. ULEZ is a CAZ.
A Low Traffic Neighbourhood or LTN is a traffic scheme brought in with the aim to reduce traffic in residential areas. Outside these areas the traffic increases there are longer journey times and loss of air quality around the boundary of the LTN