As the new Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) comes into force, businesses in central London are being forced to make choices about how to absorb the cost. The ULEZ is designed to improve London’s air quality through reduced nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate emissions from older diesel and petrol-engined vehicles, …
Read More »London’s van operators need more support ahead of ULEZ says FTA
More must be done to ensure the financial burden of upgrading vehicles to ensure continued working access within London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) does not debilitate small businesses, according to FTA, as it reacts to Transport for London’s (TfL) updated van scrappage scheme released recently. The ULEZ will come …
Read More »Maxoptra launches delivery planning Low Emission Zone solution
New territory management functionality within Maxoptra routing and scheduling software is helping fleet managers comply with changing air pollution regulations and prevention schemes. With a growing number of Low Emissions Zones, as well as schemes for Clean Air Charging and even a Zero Emission Zone, operators of more polluting vehicles, …
Read More »Mayor’s early clean air announcement challenges London’s supply chain, says FTA
The Freight Transport Association FTA the UK’s largest membership association in the freight and logistics sector, has reacted with concern to last week’s announcement by the Mayor of London of the introduction of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), 17 months earlier than originally intended. According to FTA, the …
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