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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Ulez expansion: 45% fewer ‘dirty’ vehicles now on London’s roads, says TfL

Vehicles pass by a sign indicating the new boundary of the Ulez expansion
The Ulez zone was expanded on 29 August to all of Greater London. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

The number of the most polluting vehicles driven in London has fallen by almost half since the capital’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) was expanded, taking almost 80,000 older cars off the roads.

About 77,000, or 45%, fewer non-compliant cars and vans were detected on average a day in September, the first month of operation of the expanded zone – compared with June 2023.

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