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Integrated Impact Assessment (October 2014) Ultra Low Emission Zone Transport for London Addendum to the Integrated Impact Assessment (October 2014) Document No. | 2 July 2015 Addendum to the Integrated Impact Assessment (October 2014) Transport for London Document history and status Revision Date Description By Review Approved 1 13.07.2015 Draft for review and approval M. Cottrell M. Baker R. Bellion 2 14.07.2015 Final revision M. Cottrell M. Baker R. Bellion Distribution of copies Revision Issue Date issued Issued to Comments approved 1 13.07.2015 13.07.2015 TfL 2 14.07.2015 14.07.2015 TfL Addendum to the Integrated Impact Assessment (October 2014) Ultra Low Emission Zone Project no: B1993000 Document title: Addendum to the Integrated Impact Assessment (October 2014) Document No.: 1 Revision: Draft 4 Date: 7 May 2015 Client name: Transport for London Client no: ULEZ Project manager: Roselle Bellion Author: Michelle Cottrell File name: Document1 Jacobs U.K. Limited New City Court 20 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS United Kingdom T +44 (0)20 7939 6100 F +44 (0)20 7939 6103 www.jacobs.com © Copyright 2015 Jacobs U.K. Limited. The concepts and information contained in this document are the property of Jacobs. Use or copying of this document in whole or in part without the written permission of Jacobs constitutes an infringement of copyright. Limitation: This report has been prepared on behalf of, and for the exclusive use of Jacobs’ Client, and is subject to, and issued in accordance with, the provisions of the contract between Jacobs and the Client. Jacobs accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for, or in respect of, any use of, or reliance upon, this report by any third party. Document No. 1 i Addendum to the Integrated Impact Assessment (October 2014) Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Integrated Impact Assessment .................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Structure of this report ................................................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Key terms used within this report ................................................................................................................ 2 2. Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) ............................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Study area ................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 The ULEZ Package 2 .................................................................................................................................. 6 3. Updates for taxis ....................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................. 9 3.2 Update 1 – maintain 15 year age limit with voluntary decommissioning payments scheme for taxis older than 10 years .................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Summary of impacts of Update 1 .............................................................................................................. 24 4. Updates for Private Hire Vehicles .......................................................................................................... 25 4.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................... 25 4.2 Update 2 – two year ‘sunset period’ exemption from the ZEC requirement for PHVs that carry 6 or more passengers ....................................................................................................................................... 26 4.3 Update 3 – change to definition of ZEC PHV ............................................................................................ 26 4.4 Impacts of Update 2 and 3 on PHVs ......................................................................................................... 28 5. Summary and conclusions ..................................................................................................................... 29 5.1 Summary of proposed taxi and PHV updates ........................................................................................... 29 5.2 Impact of proposed updates ...................................................................................................................... 29 5.3 Changes to air quality impacts .................................................................................................................. 29 5.4 Changes to health impacts ........................................................................................................................ 29 5.5 Changes to impacts on equality groups .................................................................................................... 29 5.6 Changes to impacts on London’s economy and SMEs ............................................................................. 30 6. Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................. 33 7. References ............................................................................................................................................... 34 Appendix A. Environmental Assessment – updated air quality chapter Appendix B. Health Impact Assessment – updated air quality chapter Document No. 1 ii Addendum to the Integrated Impact Assessment (October 2014) 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview 1.1.1 To help reduce harmful emissions from road transport the Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) developed a package of proposals for taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing, vehicle emission standards and charges1 and TfL-operated bus services in a central London “Ultra Low Emission Zone” (ULEZ). The proposed vehicle emission standards and charges elements are to be implemented from 7 September 2020. It was proposed that only hybrid double decker buses and zero-emission (at tailpipe) single-decker buses would operate in the area from 2020. The implementation of the vehicle emission standards and charges, and the TfL bus proposals, was confirmed by the Mayor on 23 March 2015 following a public and stakeholder consultation which occurred between 27 October 2014 and 9 January 2015. The Mayor did not at that time confirm the taxi and PHV proposals, and asked TfL to revisit them following further engagement. 1.1.2 The objectives for the ULEZ (in line with the polices set out in the Mayor's Transport Strategy) are to: reduce air pollutant emissions from road transport, particularly those with greatest health impacts, to support Mayoral strategies and contribute to achieving compliance with European Union (EU) limit values; reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from road transport, to support Mayoral strategies and contribute to a London-wide reduction; and stimulate the low emission vehicle market by increasing the proportion of low emission vehicles and promoting sustainable travel. 1.2 Integrated Impact Assessment 1.2.1 TfL commissioned Jacobs in May 2014 to undertake an Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) of the ULEZ package of proposals consulted upon (i.e. the vehicle emission standards, TfL bus and licensing proposals for taxis and PHVs) in order to identify and articulate key impacts associated with its implementation. The IIA looked at a range of impacts on the environment, health, equality groups and London’s economy in 2020 and 2025 and was supported by the following individual technical assessments: Environmental Assessment; Heath Impact Assessment; Equality Impact Assessment; and Economic and Business Impact Assessment. 1.2.2 The IIA was considered critical by TfL to assist with identifying how negative impacts could be avoided, mitigated or remedied, and how positive impacts could be enhanced. 1.2.3 The IIA was completed in October 2014 and is available online through TfL’s ULEZ consultation website, along with the associated technical assessments: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/environment/ultra-low-emission-zone 1.2.4 Following the public and stakeholder consultation, and taking into account additional analysis and stakeholder engagement, TfL proposed modifications or updates to the original ULEZ vehicle emission standards proposals in relation to: pre-1973 vehicles and historic vehicles; vehicles adapted for disability. 1.2.5 These were assessed by Jacobs in March 2015 in an Addendum Report (first addendum report) to the original IIA. This was considered by the Mayor when he approved the vehicle emission standards and charges with the above modifications on 23 March 2015. 1 These were set out in a Variation Order to the London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Scheme
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