Ultra low-emission zone for London by 2020

14th February 2013


"Almost all" vehicles driving in central London could be zero or low-carbon by 2020, says mayor, while confirming that heavy-goods vehicles will be excluded from the next phase of the low-emission zone

Boris Johnson has asked Transport for London (TfL) to investigate introducing a new ultra low-emission zone (LEZ) that would see only low or zero-emission vehicles allowed in the centre of the city du

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