{"id":193914,"date":"2025-06-18T08:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/193914\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:24:15","slug":"thousands-of-drivers-warned-with-53000-cars-being-removed-from-uk-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/193914\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of drivers warned with 53,000 cars being ‘removed’ from UK roads"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 53,000 older, polluting vehicles have been removed from London’s roads through his Ulez scrappage scheme.\"MoreMore than 53,000 older, polluting vehicles have been removed from London’s roads through his Ulez scrappage scheme.<\/p>\n

Ulez has seen thousands of petrol and diesel cars scrapped. More than 53,000 older, polluting vehicles have been removed from London’s roads through his Ulez scrappage scheme.<\/p>\n

A new report evaluating the most recent ULEZ scrappage scheme finds it achieved its aims – with a total of 35,094 cars and 17,964 vans removed from London\u2019s roads or upgraded to a ULEZ-compliant vehicle, helping to substantially reduce harmful emissions and improve air quality.<\/p>\n

Labour Party<\/a> representative and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: \u201cI am proud that the scrappage scheme – the biggest in the UK – has supported so many Londoners to switch to cleaner, greener forms of transport.<\/p>\n

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“This has made a huge difference to our air quality, and also encouraged many Londoners to take up more sustainable ways of travelling, which will make a lasting difference to our capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cULEZ compliance is now more than 97 per cent, bringing cleaner air to millions of Londoners. London\u2019s air quality is now improving at a faster rate than the rest of England and we\u2019ve also made a difference overseas, with hundreds of vehicles supporting the medical and humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will continue to take bold, world-leading action to improve London\u2019s air quality and the health of Londoners, as we build a better, fairer, greener capital for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

TfL\u2019s Director of Strategy, Christina Calderato, said: \u201cThe ULEZ has been a great success, driving down toxic pollution and ensuring everyone living, working and visiting in London is breathing cleaner air.<\/p>\n

“The vast majority of vehicles on London\u2019s roads \u2013 more than 97 per cent – are now ULEZ compliant, up from just 39 per cent in 2017.<\/p>\n

“The scrappage support schemes have played a vital role in helping Londoners, London-based charities and businesses to remove more than 53,000 older and more polluting vehicle from the capital\u2019s roads.<\/p>\n

“People in outer London played their part in the green transition and were supported in doing so with most of the funding going to those living in outer London boroughs.<\/p>\n

“We welcome the positive move towards more walking, cycling and greater use of public transport the scheme has supported, which contributes to the Mayor\u2019s wider goal of 80 per cent of journeys taken via these sustainable forms of transport by 2041.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only has the capital benefited from the scrappage scheme, those on the frontline in Ukraine have also been helped, with close to 700 vehicles donated to assist with the medical and humanitarian effort.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 53,000 older, polluting vehicles have been removed from London’s roads through his Ulez scrappage scheme.More than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,8955,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-193914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-midlands-traffic-and-travel","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114703411774010361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}