{"id":279682,"date":"2025-07-21T10:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/279682\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:10:16","slug":"jaqu-grants-sheffield-20m-to-decarbonise-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/279682\/","title":{"rendered":"JAQU grants Sheffield \u00a320m to decarbonise buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The UK government\u2019s Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) has announced \u00a320m funding to support the upgrade of buses operating in Sheffield.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The funding is designed to replace diesel buses with new electric buses and reduce harmful pollution in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The funding is in addition to the \u00a311m Zero Emissions Bus fund that Sheffield City Council has already put forward for bus upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>This will also cover the installation of\u00a0correct electric infrastructure, like electric charging points, is in place to support the change.<\/p>\n<p>Since the launch of the Clean Air Zone in February 2023, the level of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) in Sheffield\u2019s inner city and ring road area has reduced by an average of 16%, with an average drop of 21% observed across the wider Sheffield Clean Air Plan area.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cittimagazine.co.uk\/news\/emissions-sustainability\/sheffield-proposes-11m-bus-electrification-scheme.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield proposes \u00a311m bus electrification scheme<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Five locations now remain with more than the annual average legal limit due to emissions. Sheffield stated that this is due to local bus routes \u2013 which the new fleet should help ameliorate.<\/p>\n<p>Leader of Sheffield City Council, Tom Hunt, said: \u201cWe are making good progress to improve air quality in the city, however, more zero-emission buses are essential to further reduce pollution and improve the air we breathe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new \u00a320m funding from the government is very welcome and goes alongside \u00a311m that Sheffield City Council is investing for new electric buses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will work closely with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and bus operators to get new electric buses running in Sheffield as soon as possible, to make bus travel cleaner and greener.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CA-Feature-v2-1-300x168.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\"\/>Achievements and innovations in clean air initiatives will be recognised and celebrated at the fourth annual CiTTi Awards on 25 November 2025 at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cittiawards.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.cittiawards.co.uk<\/strong><\/a> to learn more about this unmissable event for the UK\u2019s transportation sector!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK government\u2019s Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) has announced \u00a320m funding to support the upgrade of buses&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-279682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114890685261505540","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279682","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=279682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}