London's T-charge- what is it? why is it necessary? find out more.

This week

the T charge was introduced as

Drivers of older, more polluting petrol and diesel cars in central London are now liable for a £10 fee on top of congestion charge

 The T-Charge (officially known as the Emissions Surcharge) operates in the Congestion Charge zone and is part of TFL  commitment to help clean up  polluted air.See the rules and use the car checker on the TFL website

 For information on the policy see the London Assembly website

Sadiq Khan (London Mayor)  expanded on his views in his original election manifesto on creating a cleaner greener london

 For recent policy on the environment in London see the London Assembly publications website.

and policy section.  They also have a clean air route finder.

How polluted is London Air.

Get some up to date data

from the London Data store

London Air Quality Network. it has regularly updated maps of current air pollution in london

reports on trends and news

For wider view on how it compares with other nations see the WHO Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database (update 2016)

 Also this comment on the quality of the data. by Carlin Rosengarten