The Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality invited Professor Cathy Thornton, Professor of Human Immunology at Swansea University to discuss the adverse effects of poor air quality on the fetus, including the impact of high levels of particulate matter (PM) 2.5.
Britain’s first Zero Emissions Zone is now live in Oxford. The zero emissions zone will allow the local councils to collect vital insights into vehicle movements before introducing a larger Zero Emission Zone in Oxford City Centre next year.
Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield, and Chairman of the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality (WCRAQ) submitted a Ten-Minute Rule Bill to the House of Commons, asking the Government to update the MOT test to include an efficiency test for DPFs (diesel particulate filters). The Bill passed the first test with no objections, and the second reading will take place on 18 March.
Fleet Vision International magazine Winter 2022 is out now! Read the WCRAQ working party reports and our update on the Ten-Minute Bill for stricter MOT tests in the UK from page 58 onwards. The seventh issue of the thought-leading publication…
n Tuesday, Our Chairman Barry Sheerman MP presented a Ten-Minute Rule Bill to the House of Commons. A Ten-Minute Rule Bill is how MPs can argue for a particular law to be made or changed.
Jason Airey, Co-Founder of the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality began with outlining the main objectives for the Commission; optimise the use of current fuel technologies, investigate hydrogen as a long-term solution and exploring the reduction of non-exhaust pipe…
Dr Mark Miller, Senior Research Scientist, The University of Edinburgh, highlighted the impacts ultrafine particles have on cardiovascular systems at the WCRAQ Air Health working part on 23 November 2021.
The Research Working Party heard the results of a study that assesses the exposure of professional drivers in the UK to diesel exhaust pollution and looked at possible solutions.
How the planning system can help to improve air quality and the planning strategies that can achieve this were the topics under discussion at the WCRAQ Planning Working Party meeting in September. Isabella Stone reports. Dr Louise Brooke-Smith OBE chaired…
The Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality’s Air Monitoring Working Party highlighted the urgent need to protect students from dirty and toxic outside air penetrating classrooms in addition to ensuring that there are sufficient air changes to reduce the risk…