Oslo gets diesel ban on days with high air pollution
DIESEL PROHIBITION: Oslo City Council does not want that asthmatics should have to remain at home because of high air pollution.
vg.no (translation) - The goal is that we do not need to go out with recommendations that asthmatics should stay home because of high air pollution, says transport commissioner Kathy Melby (V) to Aftenposten .
Diesel ban is one of several immediate measures being introduced on days with high air pollution for Oslo. The high air pollution must persist for at least two days for it to be bans on driving diesel cars in all or part of Oslo.
Driving ban will have exceptions for certain groups of vehicles. This will include inter alia deliveries to Oslo, emergency vehicles, vehicles used in public service, patient transport, vehicles used for executive employment and exit and entry of foreign ferries.
Although the city council has agreed to ban diesel, so this must be approved by the NPRA, writes Aftenposten.
Last December it was revealed in a research report that mortality among those with heart and lung ailments rose after days of high pollution in Oslo.
"Overruns are particularly high along the main roads and in other congested areas. An important reason why the levels have not fallen in recent years is an increased proportion of diesel cars, "wrote The City of Oslo in 2013 report on local air quality.
DIESEL PROHIBITION: Oslo City Council does not want that asthmatics should have to remain at home because of high air pollution.
vg.no (translation) - The goal is that we do not need to go out with recommendations that asthmatics should stay home because of high air pollution, says transport commissioner Kathy Melby (V) to Aftenposten .
Diesel ban is one of several immediate measures being introduced on days with high air pollution for Oslo. The high air pollution must persist for at least two days for it to be bans on driving diesel cars in all or part of Oslo.
Driving ban will have exceptions for certain groups of vehicles. This will include inter alia deliveries to Oslo, emergency vehicles, vehicles used in public service, patient transport, vehicles used for executive employment and exit and entry of foreign ferries.
Although the city council has agreed to ban diesel, so this must be approved by the NPRA, writes Aftenposten.
Last December it was revealed in a research report that mortality among those with heart and lung ailments rose after days of high pollution in Oslo.
"Overruns are particularly high along the main roads and in other congested areas. An important reason why the levels have not fallen in recent years is an increased proportion of diesel cars, "wrote The City of Oslo in 2013 report on local air quality.
