Hammersmith and Shepherd's Bush to Benefit from New Eco-friendly Buses

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Local roads among 12 new low emission zones announced by Sadiq Khan

Hammersmith and Shepherd's Bush will be included in the new Low Emission Bus Zone area, the Mayor's office has confirmed. This means that local buses will be part of the next generation of cleaner eco-friendly models.

The Mayor has announced ten new zones across the capital in addition to already in the pipeline in Putney and Brixton, bringing the future overall total to 12.

The new zones include:

Uxbridge Road to Shepherd's Bush – from Ealing Broadway via Hanger Lane to Uxbridge Road, The Broadway

Chiswick High Road to Kensington – via Hammersmith Broadway and Kensington High Street to Studland Street.

Routes including the 27, 237, 267, 391, H91, E3, 190 and 70 will all be part of the project to extend the Low Emission Bus Zones in the city in the next three years.

These new zones will be in operation by 2020 with the greenest buses on the capital’s most polluted routes cutting harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by up to 84 percent.

The new greener buses, which will be a combination of hybrid and clean buses that meet Euro VI standards, are part of an improvement programme to 3,000 buses outside central London.

The Mayor also says thousands of children in 172 schools across London within 100 metres of the new zones are set to benefit from the cleaner air.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says: "Tackling London’s filthy air is one of my main priorities and I am delighted to be delivering on that commitment by introducing these new Low Emission Bus Zones. Removing the oldest, dirtiest buses from our streets and delivering Low Emission Bus Zones will make a big contribution to tackling transport pollution.

"Safeguarding the health of Londoners is vital and I’m doing everything in my power both to transform London’s bus fleet and to target areas with the worst pollution.

"I want other cities around the world to work with me on demanding cleaner bus technology and I urge our government to take their responsibility seriously and introduce a national diesel scrappage scheme to deliver the step change we need on the dirtiest diesel vehicles."

Leon Daniels, TfL’s Managing Director of Surface Transport, says: "These Zones will not only help improve health and air quality in the local areas, but will also help make those areas more pleasant places to be and encourage greater numbers of people to walk or cycle. By using bus priority measures we will also make bus journeys quicker and more reliable for our customers."

January 20, 2017