Post by The Dark Knight on May 1, 2024 9:33:28 GMT
Bedford Borough Council’s ‘obsolete’ emissions standards not enough to ban highest-polluting taxis and buses
Bedford Borough Council’s emission standards are “obsolete” and allow high-polluting taxis and buses, that wouldn’t be legal elsewhere, to drive on our streets, a meeting has heard.
Chris Endacott, an associate consultant, told the General Licensing Committee last week (24 April), that he had been tasked by TAS Partnership to look into the environmental impact of the current taxi and private hire fleet in Bedford borough.
“Seventy-three per cent of the National Fleet [all vehicles on the road] meets the clean air zone standard, it’s pushing 95 per cent in Greater London,” he said.
“[Bedford’s] private hire fleet is almost there at 62 per cent. But the hackney cab fleet [taxis] is a long way behind.
“And I think there may well be an issue here with Bedford being the receiving ground for vehicles that are not eligible for use as hackney cabs elsewhere in the country.
www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/bedford-borough-councils-obsolete-emissions-standards-not-enough-to-ban-highest-polluting-taxis-and-buses/
Bedford Borough Council’s emission standards are “obsolete” and allow high-polluting taxis and buses, that wouldn’t be legal elsewhere, to drive on our streets, a meeting has heard.
Chris Endacott, an associate consultant, told the General Licensing Committee last week (24 April), that he had been tasked by TAS Partnership to look into the environmental impact of the current taxi and private hire fleet in Bedford borough.
“Seventy-three per cent of the National Fleet [all vehicles on the road] meets the clean air zone standard, it’s pushing 95 per cent in Greater London,” he said.
“[Bedford’s] private hire fleet is almost there at 62 per cent. But the hackney cab fleet [taxis] is a long way behind.
“And I think there may well be an issue here with Bedford being the receiving ground for vehicles that are not eligible for use as hackney cabs elsewhere in the country.
www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/bedford-borough-councils-obsolete-emissions-standards-not-enough-to-ban-highest-polluting-taxis-and-buses/