Over 30,000 deaths a year nationally are linked to air pollution, and children are suffering life-long health problems as a result of poor air quality.* City of York Council is launching a new hard-hitting campaign to help tackle this problem…
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This year’s Clean Air Day is on Thursday 20th June. City of York Council will be promoting its new ‘Kick the Habit’ campaign aimed at encouraging people to switch off their engines when parked up waiting. We are looking for…
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A package of measures aimed at deterring stationary vehicles from idling was approved at a Joint Decision Session of the Executive Member for Planning and Transport, and Executive Member for the Environment, on 7th February 2019. It was agreed that…
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City of York Council will invest £1.6million in a new Clean Air Zone (CAZ) aimed at improving exhaust emissions from local bus services. The decision to introduce a bus based CAZ was taken by the Executive on Thursday 17th January…
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An animated video commissioned by City of York Council’s iTravel team, to encourage children and their parents and carers to walk, cycle or scoot to school has scooped a national award in the Modeshift National Sustainable Travel Awards! The video…
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