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Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

‘School streets’ schemes not used in roads with worst air pollution

School street in action in Haringey

(Picture: Handout)

Hundreds of “school streets” introduced in London have not been put in roads with the worst air pollution, researchers have found.

The schemes — which ban parents from dropping off or collecting children by car — have proliferated across the capital since the start of the pandemic. Enforcement cameras can result in £130 fines.

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