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NOx and the City - LEZ or LES?
1. more than you think
LEZ or LES?
Jack Semple, Director of Policy
Road Haulage Association
01932 838915 j.semple@rha.uk.net
2. Road Haulage Association
• 7,000 firms, 100,000 HGVs; large, SME, micro
• Entrepreneurism, legal compliance and safety
• Policy, advice and services (training, audits etc)
• Edinburgh office p.flanders@rha.uk.net
• We seek:
• Good roads, long-term planning and consistency
‘LEZ or LES’
3. Industry context
• Road haulage - vital to Scottish economy (inc. rail)
• Service, not commodity; competitive
• Regulated – speed, driving time, emissions etc
• Road haulage – an innovative, IT-led business
• Economic trends
‘LEZ or LES’
4. (Problems and) solutions - 1
• Where the EU went (seriously) wrong
• Commission fines on member states - appropriate?!
• Euro VI – HDD v LDD
• Diesel cars the problem – modal shift?
• LEZs – place, cost, diminishing returns
• London – unique scheme, in phases
• Outstanding PCNs £4.3m in 2012
• NOx traps – more complex for HGVs than buses
‘LEZ or LES’
5. (Problems and) solutions - 2
• LEZ – right benefit:cost?
• Buses...and what else...taxis...HGVs...vans... cars?
• Importance of large HGVs v small trucks and vans
• HGVs – varying impact on pollution
• Impact on operators - investment support (D, NL)?
• Alternative fuels v Euro VI
• Methane/bio-methane?
‘LEZ or LES?’
6. (Problems and) solutions - 3
• Demand and logistics – beyond the vehicles
• Review customer/receiver demand
• Assess carbon/pollution cost of own-account branding
• Night deliveries?
• Planning for collections/deliveries
• Integrated view of carbon reporting
• Improve enforcement – eg AdBlue, ‘chipping’
‘LEZ or LES’
7. (Problems and) solutions - 4
• Engine-off
• Tackling congestion
• Faster police investigations
• Traffic light phasing
• Freight buses – access to priority lanes
• 20s plenty?
• Road quality and mpg
• Travel and driving culture – Campaign for Scotland?
‘LEZ v LES’
8. Any questions?
‘LEZ v LES’
Jack Semple, Director of Policy
Road Haulage Association
01932 838915 j.semple@rha.uk.net
(p.flanders@rha.uk.net)