1. Bristol’s Clean Air Plan
BEIS Roadshow: 2018
Steve Crawshaw
Bristol City Council

2. Overview Bristol’s Clean Air Plan - Elements
Local air quality assessment and impact
NO2 Compliance: National and Local Plan
Summary

3. Bristol’s Clean Air Plan
NO2 Compliance Plan
Other pollutants and sources
Particles
Solid Fuel Burning
Long term measures to improve air quality, delivered through:
Bristol Transport Strategy
JLTP \ WECA
Local Plan – Core Strategy

4. Air Quality Monitoring (NO2)

5. Constructive Conservation at the Heart of Place Making
19 November, 2018
A public health crisis
Central Wards have high exposure but contribute less
City Design Group, 2015

6. Social Justice? Bristol Commuters
Constructive Conservation at the Heart of Place Making
19 November, 2018
Social Justice? Bristol Commuters
Central Wards have high exposure but contribute less
City Design Group, 2015

7. NOx – Source Apportionment

8. Project Timeline
November 2016 – unanimous motion at full council for Clean Air Zone
January 2017 – BCC awarded £500K for CAZ feasibility study
April 2017 commissioned Jacobs (CH2M)
July 2017 – Bristol included in SoS Direction
March 2018 – Submitted SOC
Now working on Outline Business Case

9. Direction from Defra Ongoing exceedances on M32 in Defra forecasts
Therefore BCC (and 22 other LA’s) directed to
Produce a Clean Air Plan to achieve compliance with European Limit Values of NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) in the shortest possible time, or by 2021 at the latest

10. Options Appraisal Policy Toolkit:
Mode shift – infrastructure, active travel, bus priority etc.
Vehicle restrictions – anti idling, parking policy, bus lane policy, taxi licencing policy, diesel car ban
Charging Clean Air Zones

11. Clean Air Zones - Classes
Highly polluting vehicles travelling within, or through the zone, are charged. BCC Council motion 2016
Class A – buses, coaches, taxis, private hire vehicles
Class B – buses, coaches, taxis, private hire vehicles and HGVs
Class C – buses, coaches, taxis, private hire vehicles, HGVs and LGVs
Class D – buses, coaches, taxis, private hire vehicles, HGVs, LGVs and cars

12. Possible Zone Boundaries

13. Large CAZ Ruled out at SOC because:
Includes many residential areas, increasing impacts on vulnerable groups and reducing public acceptability
Maximises the number of businesses included within the zone, increasing the risk of adverse impacts on the local economy
It includes areas without an evidenced air quality problem
It requires the largest amount of infrastructure to be implemented on street, including signage, road markings and ANPR cameras, leading to unacceptable risk, delay and cost.

15. Shortlist Benchmark: Medium zone, Class D
Package of Non-charging Interventions
Medium Zone Class C (not cars) plus complementary non-charging measures
Medium Zone Class D (inc cars) plus complementary non-charging measures
Small Zone Class C (not cars) plus complementary non-charging measures
Small Zone Class D (inc cars) plus complementary non-charging measures

16. NO2 Compliance The politics is difficult The costs are uncertain
The timescale is demanding
Can’t align well with other plans
Reliant on JAQU guidance, review, funding
Opportunity to go further than NO2 compliance (e.g. PM2.5 solid fuel

17. Summary Administration commitment to Clean Air
Clean Air Plan includes business case for NO2 compliance (CAZ)
A charging CAZ may be needed to deliver compliance – modelling ongoing
But also help needed (£) for people to adapt to it
All mitigation options to be explored

18. cleanairforbristol.org