{"id":55453,"date":"2019-12-19T10:09:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T02:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55453"},"modified":"2019-12-19T10:24:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T02:24:02","slug":"uk-london-street-bans-petrol-diesel-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55453","title":{"rendered":"UK: London street bans petrol, diesel cars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/worldNews\/London-street-bans-petrol-diesel-cars-818389?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/861\/86164646.295.jpg\" alt=\"File photo\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>LONDON, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned from a street in central London in an innovative attempt to reduce pollution, local authorities said.<br><br>Officials said Beech Street, which runs underneath the Brutalist designed Barbican Estate, would become Britain&#8217;s first &#8220;24-7 zero emission street&#8221;.<br><br>During an 18-month trial starting next year, the area will be restricted to electric or hybrid vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists, the City of London Corporation said.<br><br>However, access will be given for refuse collection and deliveries, for those using car parks off the street and emergency vehicles.<br><br>&#8220;Drastically reducing air pollution requires radical actions, and these plans will help us eliminate toxic air on our streets,&#8221; said the chairman of the corporation&#8217;s environment committee, Jeremy Simon.<br><br>Officials said they expected a reduction of 90 to 95 percent in traffic on Beech Street, and an improvement in air quality around the immediate area, which includes two schools.<br><br>&#8220;The scheme aims to bring nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels within air quality guidelines set out by the European Union and World Health Organisation,&#8221; a corporation statement said.<br><br>The trial is separate from the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) introduced across the centre of London earlier this year, for which motorists in older, more polluting vehicles must pay a charge to enter. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned from a street in central London in an innovative attempt to reduce pollution, local authorities said. Officials said Beech Street, which runs underneath the Brutalist designed Barbican Estate, would become Britain&#8217;s first &#8220;24-7 zero emission street&#8221;. During an 18-month trial starting next year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":24189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209,297],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55453"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}