Bristol Clean Air Zone

Will they have electric buses? Maybe they're going back to trolly buses? Fine sentiments but .... in practice I'm not sure 😕

Yes I saw that and the map encompases baltic wharf area,Cambridge are looking at the same for the City ,but as the boss of the bus company states the technology to enable buses to complete their diagrams as diesel buses can is not yet available ,so will need an add 25%bigger fleet to carry out their obligations ,so who is going to pay for them?

He’s also promised to build an underground railway so I wouldn’t hold your breath! If you live in Somerset you’ll probably be familiar with the politics of Bristol Council -v- real life!

I worked in Bristol and lived in North Somerset for many years and I’m still waiting for the Portishead Rail Link and Bristol Tram System!

This will be in effect from 7am to 3pm, with a £100 fine for entering the zone.

Thats a whole 5 hours to arrive / leave in. Say leave by 3:30 arrivals  from 3:30pm. Might even make it easier to get into, particularly at weekends. We would still go, if of course it stays open.

Pity it appears to treat all diesels as equal, not accepting the massive advances over older versions.

I see it impacting very widely, there are the ambulances and fire engines, neither readily converted to EVs or petrol powered by 2021.

I am very supportive of cleaning up pollution but believe it needs to be pragmatic and sensible, taking onboard the achievements of Euro6, certainly over Euro5 and older.

Will any of us be worrying over accessing Baltic Wharf, diesel user or not by 2021?

I see it impacting very widely, there are the ambulances and fire engines, neither readily converted to EVs or petrol powered by 2021.

Indeed .... "Yes sir/madam ... your ambulance/fire engine will be on its way just as soon as we've charged its batteries"

Maybe it will reduce lung disease and the need for hospital admissions?

I would think it easy enough to exempt emergency vehicles. If riot police are called in and use a diesel bus type vehicle do the bobbies all have to done bike clips and mount folding bikes to attend the city centre?

I have family in central Bristol, there are high pollution levels and one family member suffers from asthma. Something needs to be done. I see there are air monitoring stations dotted around already. The 3pm  limit mentioned seems strange as around that time until early evening central  Bristol starts to jam with school and commuter traffic. Avoid those times!

Perhaps. But as Ocsid says, not all soot chuckers are equal.