Public Transport: Air Pollution

(asked on 20th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to improve the air quality inside public transport vehicles.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2020

Improving air quality is a top priority for this Government. We have put in place a £3.8 billion plan to deliver cleaner transport that includes £130 million already invested to support the purchase of over 1,700 low emission buses and supporting infrastructure and a further £5 billion announced by the Prime Minister to deliver a further 4,000 new zero emission vehicles and improve services.

Actions we take to cut pollution from transport will improve air quality for users of public transport. In light of COVID-19, the Department’s Safer Transport guidance for operators encourages consideration of how to increase ventilation and air flow inside public transport vehicles. Where possible, transport operators should ensure that a fresh air supply is consistently flowing through public transport vehicles. The guidance is available online.

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