(11 Sep 2021, 8:24 am)Adrian wrote Yup, watered down to the max.

The idea behind the scheme is good, but ultimately it has ended up whereby only buses, coaches and HGVs are held to the highest of standards. In a vein attempt to retain votes, Councillors opposed any inclusion of the private car, which I believe was in the initial proposal.

So you're basically fine to have a street congested with 15 year old diesel cars, but if a bus operator dares to send a Euro 5 bus in, they're slapped with a fine.

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In fairness, the North East is the poorest region in the North East. Having a tax which mostly affects poor people who can't afford anything more expensive is extremely unfair. It's alright in somewhere like London as it has an expansive public transport whereas up here it's not

Most the highest emissions in Newcastle were in spots where cars can't even drive down anyway or there's very few of them like Percy Street so they're not the cause of the high emissions mostly in Newcastle.

https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/sites/defau...R_2020.pdf - Data here. For example the highest in Newcastle (excluding one on the Coast Road (DT81)) is DT65 which is Blackett Street / Old Eldon Sq and there's only one thing which can be blamed there and it's why they're getting the charge.