The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) says exempting cars from the proposed Clean Air Zones in five English cities is a missed opportunity to significantly improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that Birmingham, Leeds, Southampton, Nottingham and Derby would be required to introduce Clean Air Zones to reduce concentrations of nitrogen dioxide by 2020 at the latest.
The European Commission has adopted two regulations to promote the roll-out of intelligent information services, such as real-time warnings about dangerous road conditions ahead and information on safe and secure parking places for truck drivers. They can be provided through different means such as variable road signs, the radio and mobile phone applications. The Commission wants these information services to be interoperable and compatible across Europe, and available to as many drivers as possible along t
It sounds too fantastic to be true. SmogStop is a “smog-eating” highway noise wall technology, aimed at removing traffic pollution from vehicles. It’s been tested on highways in Toronto and the UK and as visitors to Intertraffic can learn, this barrier, an Innovation Award finalist, can reduce overall air pollution, NOx and PM’s by some 50%.
