Air pollution

[julietk]

I've been thinking about air pollution a lot lately. Tower Bridge is shut for Not Falling Down Works, and the resultant tailbacks across South London seem to be making the air significantly worse than usual. Anecdotally, as I walk down to the Jamaica Road*, the air starts tasting weird and my throat starts feeling weird.** The onset of this (I've

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[thekumquat]

I noticed allergy-type symptoms on Tuesday evening, after visiting the Tower and walking across Tower Bridge to London Bridge after. I live 100 yards from the A23, where acvidents and air quality are both concerns.

When i worked for Defra (until Jan this year), air quality was becoming the no.1 priority, people hijacked to work on it from all over. EU infractions ftw. Banning lorries is going to be needed - getting Stuff to central London and across the SE will get even more expensive (currently transport time is a disproportionate cost, severely affecting the economy).

[julietk]

Thing I am worrying about a bit atm -- likelihood of UK rescinding EU air quality legislation once we are out. Which would make, say, Heathrow expansion possible, at some fairly obvious costs.

I would very much like to see lorries banned, even at the cost of those knock-on effects. (Return the canals? more train transport?) Although sorting out final-mile delivery might be helpful too. Surely it is worse to have half a dozen different companies all doing much the same rounds in half a dozen different vans?

[holoaddict]

I'm sorry to say (also as a resident of the same town you live in) that the majority are comfortable and apathetic.

Fresh air is now a preserve of the countryside. The fight should never be given up however perhaps there are new ways of appealing to the populous. Unless someone feels the pain or feels it's directly affecting them...I'm not sure how you get other people on board?