Published on : Friday, May 24, 2019
One of the measures by the U.K.’s only hub airport is introduction of charges for passenger cars and all private hire vehicles. The world’s first airport Ultra Low Emission Zone or the Heathrow ULEZ, is set to be introduced in 2022. The Heathrow ULEZ will introduce minimum vehicle emissions standards identical to the London Mayor’s ULEZ for passenger cars and private hire vehicles entering car parks or drop-off areas at any of Heathrow’s terminals, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Heathrow ULEZ will transit into a vehicle access charge (VAC) on all passenger cars, taxis and private hire vehicles coming to car parks or drop-off areas.
London Heathrow aims to tackle the main source of local air pollution – road vehicles. Congestion can be reduced by encouraging more people to use sustainable ways of getting to and from the airport.
The airport has invested over 1billion pound in rail infrastructure and provides over 2.5 million pound annually to encourage public transport use via the airport free travel zone, support for bus services and contributions to local sustainable transport schemes.
Earlier this month, Heathrow also published its annual sustainability strategy report ‘Heathrow 2.0’, which sets out how the airport is addressing the impact of aircraft and other operations. It highlights investments made to offset emissions and speed up electric flight, supporting the airport’s goal to become carbon neutral by 2020 and to operate zero carbon airport infrastructure by 2050. Initiatives include a project to restore UK peatlands to offset carbon emissions, more electric vehicles and charging points, investment in the development of sustainable fuels, a pledge to waive a year’s landing charges for the first electric or hybrid aircraft put into regular service at Heathrow, along with research into future infrastructure to support electric aircraft and technologies.
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