Request ID: FOI-0896-2324 Date published: 27 June 2023
You asked
Can you tell me about the magnitude of the emission reduction that you are expecting for an average Merton resident? I work in climate science and think that it would be minimal. Please confirm.
Also, you don't seem to care about the costs borne to people like myself on jobseekers allowance. I receive £77pw but estimate using my 12 year old diesel car 6 days a week will cost me about £12,000 over 3 years. I can only assume that this will create debt, debt problems and likely illness.
The value of my car has fallen about 30% due to your plans.
The scrappage scheme is irrelevant given my car is worth about £8,000.
Nowhere do you mention your costs of expanding the scheme.
Nowhere due you mention improvements to your payments app and customer service. Check out the ULEZ app reviews, they are appalling and not fit for purpose. Please check app store reviews. The customer service is considered similar. If you try to cover a significantly larger coverage area, your customer service requirements are going to expand exponentially.
You say that 91% of cars won’t be affected. So that means a huge amount of expense and costs to Lenders and to low income workers like myself with little compelling evidence of the benefits. A 9% reduction in emitting cars driving around Merton won’t make much difference to average emission levels spread over the regions.
Please provide the detailed cost-benefit analysis used.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0896-2324
Thank you for your request of 6th June 2023 asking for information about the ULEZ expansion.
Your requests for recorded information have been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked: “Can you tell me about the magnitude of the emission reduction that you are expecting for an average Merton resident? I work in climate science and think that it would be minimal. Please confirm.” And: “Please provide the detailed cost-benefit analysis used.” I can confirm that we hold the information you require.
Please see the “London-wide ULEZ Integrated Impact Assessment” which has information on the environmental and economic impacts of the expansion, published on our website here:
Note that Appendix D (starting on page 155) contains information on the emissions impact in each borough, and Section 7 (starting on page 115) includes the business and economic impacts of the scheme.
In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
