Consultation on Traffic Clean Air Zone options Consultation on Traffic Clean Air Zone options
Bristol City Council is consulting on two options for a Traffic Clean Air Zone to control the effects of vehicle pollution Consultation on Traffic Clean Air Zone options Air quality in Bristol
Pollution can make the air we breathe bad for our In Bristol, the AQMA (Figure 1) covers the health. Air pollution has been a problem in Bristol central areas of the city (focussed on Central and many UK cities for a long time. Bristol has had ward, Hotwells and Harbourside, Lawrence an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) since Hill, Southville, and parts of Ashley, Easton and
2001 because levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are Windmill Hill) plus neighbouring wards which higher than legal standards. include the main roads into the city (M32, A432 An AQMA is an area in which levels of one or more Fishponds Road, A420 Church Road, A4 Bath air pollutants are above permitted national or Road, A37 Wells Road, A38 West Street and A38 European levels. You can read more about AQMAs Gloucester Road). and the permitted legal limits at: https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/aqma/
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Figure 1: The following map shows the level of NO2 at recording sites across central Bristol. The red and 3 yellow dots show sites where levels of NO2 are above the legal limit of 40 ug/m . (The green dots show sites where levels of NO2 are within the legal limit). Source data available at: https://opendata.bristol.gov.uk/pages/air-quality-dashboard-new/map#air-quality-now
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Air pollution and health
Air pollution is made up of gases and particles in required to reduce levels of NO2 as soon as possible the air which are harmful to people and other life. to comply with these health-based standards and The higher the levels of pollution and the more this consultation is concerned with reducing the time people spend in polluted air, the worse the levels of NO2 in the shortest possible time. effects on health can be. For some pollutants, there is no safe limit and exposure to even fairly Very small particulates (less than 10 micrometres low concentrations may be harmful. It is now or about the width of a single thread in a spider’s known that exposure to air pollution can lead to web) are dangerous because they can penetrate heart disease, strokes, asthma, lung cancer, and deep into the lungs and travel round the body in damage to other internal organs. the bloodstream where they can affect both your lungs and your heart. Although the focus of this The most concerning pollutants within Bristol are consultation is on NO2, our proposals would also nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and very small particulates. reduce levels of harmful particulates. These pollutants are invisible.
A major source of NO2 in cities is from road traffic, UK and EU limits on levels of NO2 are currently particularly diesel engines. This is why road traffic breached in Bristol. Local authorities are legally emissions must be tackled for people’s health.
●●You can find out more about air pollution and health at: gov.uk/government/publications/health-matters-air-pollution/health-matters-air-pollution
Is poor air quality in Bristol linked to climate change?
Poor air quality affects people’s health, particularly Although these are different problems, both poor in cities where pollution is more concentrated. NO2 air quality and climate change are caused by and small particulates are the main pollutants. some of the same things, such as burning petrol and diesel in vehicles – and the changes we are Climate change is caused by increasing levels of proposing to improve air quality could also help CO and some other gases. It is a major global 2 climate change, particularly if people walk, cycle threat because it is leading to extreme weather or use public transport instead of driving. These events, disruption to water and food supplies and changes would also have both physical and mental rising sea levels. health benefits. What we are proposing
We are proposing two alternative options, which would reach compliance as quickly as possible. our work so far shows would bring NO2 levels Work is ongoing to estimate more precisely what to below legal limits in the shortest possible the date of compliance would be for each option. time (this is known as achieving “compliance”). This information is due to be available in the week The council is under a legal duty to achieve this. commencing 15 July 2019 and will be provided as Work so far to model emissions and air quality soon as it is available so that you can take it into has suggested that these are the options which account in your response.
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Traffic Clean Air Zone proposed options
A clean air zone is an area where special measures are applied to reduce emissions of pollutants. This can include charging vehicles of particular types if they drive in the zone (to reduce vehicle use and promote cleaner alternative ways of travelling) or it can include non-charging measures; e.g. a diesel car ban. Option 1: Clean Air Zone (private cars not charged)
Option 1 Clean Air Zone (private cars not charged) is the larger of the two proposed zones and includes: ●●A zone in which non-compliant (older, more ●●A diesel car ban on Upper Maudlin Street polluting) buses, coaches, taxis, heavy goods and Park Row running from St James Barton vehicles (HGVs, i.e. goods vehicles over 3500 kg) roundabout to Park Street – not including and light goods vehicles (LGVs, i.e. goods St James Barton roundabout itself. This vehicles not exceeding 3500 kg) would be would operate between 7am and 3pm, seven charged for each day they are driven in the days a week. The ban would apply to private Option 1 zone (Figure 2). Emissions standards diesel cars, not taxis/private hire vehicles or have been set by the European Commission emergency services. If a diesel car is driven for certain types of vehicle. These are known in the ban area, a fine (known as a penalty as Euro standards, e.g. Euro 6. The larger the charge notice) would be issued. The level of Euro number, the less polluting the engine is. fine would be in line with the standard set In Option 1, the charges would apply to diesel by government (Statutory Instrument vehicles which are Euro 5 or older and petrol 2013 No. 1783 The Road User Charging vehicles which are Euro 3 or older – known as Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication ‘non-compliant vehicles’. To find out which and Enforcement) (England) Regulations Euro standard your vehicle is, check your V5C 2013, part 2 (5); available at certificate or go to the vehicle manufacturer. legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1783/made) In Table 1 you can see more information about and would be confirmed post consultation. the minimum Euro standards of vehicles which ●●Bus and local traffic interventions in the most you could drive in the Option 1 zone without polluting areas; this includes an inbound paying a charge. bus lane on the M32 from Junction 2 to ●●The following charges would apply 24 hours a Cabot Circus car park, an inbound bus lane day, seven days a week to non-compliant taxis, on Cumberland Road, and using existing LGVs, HGVs, buses and coaches and would be traffic signals to control the amount of traffic charged once in each 24 hour period: entering congested areas with poor air quality. ●● • Taxis £9 A scrappage scheme (up to £2,000) for diesel • LGVs £9 cars based on criteria to be determined • HGVs £100 following this consultation. This would • Buses £100 provide a grant towards a new vehicle or an • Coaches £100 alternative mode of transport (e.g. bus travel or purchasing a bicycle). Vehicles belonging ●●HGV weight restriction (for all commercial to residents in Bristol, Bath and North vehicles over 3500 kg) in localised areas in East Somerset, North Somerset and South the city centre: Rupert Street, Baldwin Street, Gloucestershire would be eligible – as long Park Row/Upper Maudlin Street, Marlborough as their drive into work includes entering the Street and Lewins Mead. This would operate 24 charging zone. The scrappage scheme would hours a day, seven days a week. HGVs would be help to bring down emissions from diesel cars re-routed to avoid pollution hotspots. in Bristol (private cars would not be affected by the proposed Clean Air Zone charges).
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Table 1: minimum Euro standards for vehicles which could drive in the Option 1 Clean Air Zone without paying a charge. Note: Private cars would not be charged. Charges would apply to non-compliant buses, coaches, taxis/ private hire vehicles, HGVs and LGVs which have a lower Euro number than those shown in this table. (GVW means Gross Vehicle Weight.) Vehicle type Euro category Euro standard Bus M3 (GVW over 5000 kg and more than eight seats in addition to the driver) Euro VI Coach M2 (GVW not exceeding 5000 kg, ref mass exceeding 2610 kg and more Euro VI than eight seats in addition to the driver) HGV N2 (GVW over 3500 kg and ref. mass over 2610 kg) Euro VI N3 (GVW over 5000 kg) Large van N1 (GVW not exceeding 3500 kg and ref. mass over 1305 kg, but not Euro 6 (diesel) exceeding 2840 kg) Euro 4 (petrol) N2 (GVW over 3500 kg and ref. mass not exceeding 2840 kg) Minibus M2 (GVW not exceeding 5000 kg, ref. mass not exceeding 2840 kg and Euro 6 (diesel) more than eight seats in addition to the driver) Euro 4 (petrol) Small N1 (GVW not exceeding 3500 kg and ref. mass not exceeding 1305 kg) Euro 6 (diesel) van/light Euro 4 (petrol) commercial Taxi and Minibus – M2 (GVW not exceeding 5000 kg, ref. mass not exceeding Euro 6 (diesel) private hire 2840 kg and more than eight seats in addition to the driver) Euro 4 (petrol) Passenger vehicle with up to eight seats in addition to the driver Ultra low emission vehicles with significant zero emission range will never be charged for entering or moving through a Clean Air Zone
Option 2: Diesel car ban This option includes: following this consultation. This would be ●●Banning all diesel cars from driving in the paid as a grant towards a new vehicle or smaller central area shown in Figure 2 from an alternative mode of transport. Vehicles 7am to 3pm, seven days a week (this would belonging to residents in Bristol, Bath and not apply to taxis/private hire or emergency North East Somerset, North Somerset and services). If you drive a diesel car in the ban South Gloucestershire would be eligible – as area, you could be fined. The level of fine long as their drive into work includes entering (known as a penalty charge notice) would be the diesel car ban area. in line with the standard set by government ●●An inbound bus lane on the M32 from (Statutory Instrument 2013 No. 1783) and Junction 2 to Cabot Circus car park. would be confirmed after this consultation. ●●An inbound bus lane on Cumberland Road. The fine would be charged once daily, not each time the car enters or exits the zone. ●●HGV weight restriction (for all commercial vehicles over 3500 kg) in localised areas: The following measures could also be considered Rupert Street, Baldwin Street, Park Row/Upper as part of Option 2. Maudlin Street, Marlborough Street and ●●A scrappage scheme (up to £2,000) for diesel Lewins Mead: 24 hours a day, seven cars based on criteria to be determined days a week.
●●For both options 1 and 2, improvements to buses and taxis would be made using Government funding to meet the compliant Euro standard (Euro 6 for diesel vehicles and Euro 4, 5 and 6 for petrol vehicles).
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Why we have proposed these boundaries and times of operation?
A lot of technical work has been done to look at ●●In Option 1, charging for buses, coaches, taxis, how quickly different Clean Air Zone options HGVs and LGVs would operate 24 hours a day (both charging and diesel ban options) would because these modes of transport are active bring NO2 levels within legal limits. This includes over a 24 hour period. a range of different boundaries and times of ●●In Option 2, the diesel ban would operate from operation for both charging zone and diesel ban 7am to 3pm in order to encourage people to options, and various options for charging different find different ways to travel, particularly for types of vehicle. journeys to work which take place in the most The two options proposed in this consultation congested morning ‘rush hour’. By encouraging have zone boundaries and operating times which drivers of diesel cars to leave them at home in our work shows are most likely to bring NO2 levels the morning (when the ban is operating), this within legal limits in the shortest possible time. should also improve air quality in the evening ‘rush hour’ (after the ban), because those drivers would use less polluting transport to travel home. Other options we considered but do not propose to take forward
Considerable work has been done to look at how However, further analysis showed that both a range of Clean Air Zone options would enable options would have a disproportionate impact on
Bristol to meet its legal duty to reduce NO2 levels low income households, and recent legal advice in the shortest possible time. We focussed these has confirmed that a 24 hour diesel ban could not options on the AQMA where the most polluted be lawfully implemented under current legislation. streets are located. Earlier work showed that a So we then looked at a small area diesel car ban much larger zone would not achieve compliance which would operate for eight hours (not 24 as quickly as the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) options hours) and we also looked at what additional in this consultation, due to the time needed to measures could be added to a CAZ C to meet the implement the enforcement equipment. council’s legal duty on air quality while avoiding In March 2018, Cabinet agreed to the submission or reducing if possible impacts on low income of a Strategic Outline Case (SOC) to Government, households. which included five shortlisted options to be The two options proposed in this consultation are further developed; these were a small and a the result of this further work. medium CAZ C (charging all modes except cars) and a small and a medium CAZ D (charging all ●●Option 1 is a medium CAZ C (charging all non- modes) with a fifth non-charging option (diesel compliant modes except cars) with a range of ban area). Of these five options, two ‘preferred additional measures (including a scrappage options’ were then identified based on the year scheme and bus lane improvements); they would likely reach compliance. These were: ●●Option 2 is a small area diesel car ban which ●●A medium CAZ D (charging all non-compliant would operate for an eight hour period (from modes) which was forecast to achieve 7am to 3pm). compliance in 2030; and You can find more information on the options we ●●a 24 hour small area diesel car ban which was tested in the Strategic Outline Case (available at forecast to achieve compliance in 2024. cleanairforbristol.org/bristols-clean-air-plan) on cleanairforbristol.org
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We are consulting with you now on these two consultation, it is possible that we may need options in order to meet the Government’s to look at variations on these options including timetable for submitting our Outline Business possible hybrid versions of both the consultation Case in September 2019. Our technical work is options and potentially elements of the previous ongoing to estimate more precisely what the options, if this is shown to achieve compliance in date of compliance would be for each option. the shortest possible time. This information is due to be available in the week If another option is proposed, which is commencing 15 July 2019 and will be provided as substantially different to the two options in this soon as it is available so that you can take it into consultation, we would consult on that option. account in your response. Following consultation, the council’s preferred As the further technical work is made available option will need to be approved by Government. and analysed, alongside the results of this Why we are consulting?
The Traffic Clean Air Zone options consultation is You can fill in the consultation survey online your chance to tell us what you think about the by visiting: options we propose for improving air quality in bristol.gov.uk/trafficcleanairzone Bristol. If you cannot complete the survey online, please Your views are important and will be considered complete the short survey in this booklet and by the Mayor and Cabinet when they decide return it to us in the Freepost envelope by in September 2019 what approach to include Monday 12 August 2019. when the council submits a Full Business Case to You can request alternative formats Government in the coming months, setting out of this document by emailing how it will achieve compliance in the shortest [email protected] or possible time. by calling 0117 352 1397. Drop-in sessions
We are holding drop-in sessions in six venues within the proposed Clean Air Zone areas. We will also be engaging with citizens across the city during the consultation. If you would like to discuss the options in more detail please drop by:
• Barton Hill Settlement • Marksbury Road Library 43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill, BS5 0AX Marksbury Road, Bedminster, BS3 5LG Thursday 11 July, Wednesday 24 July, 2.30pm–7.30pm 2.30pm–7.30pm
• Easton Leisure Centre • Malcolm X Community Centre Thrissell Street, Easton, BS5 0SW 141 City Road, St Pauls, BS2 8YH Monday 15 July, Tuesday 30 July, 3.30pm–7.30pm 2.30pm–7.30pm
• Hope Chapel • City Hall (Vestibule), College Green, BS1 5TR Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells, BS8 4ND Just off Park Street towards main entrance Monday 22 July, Tuesday 6 August, 2.30pm–7.30pm 2.30pm–6.30pm
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Health impacts of poor air quality 1. How concerned are you about the impacts of poor air quality in Bristol on your health and the health of your family?
Very concerned Moderately concerned Slightly concerned Not concerned at all How would each option affect you? 2. How do you think Option 1 Clean Air Zone (private cars not charged) would affect you? (Please tick all that apply)
Note 1: Charges are proposed for non-compliant taxis, LGVs, HGVs, buses and coaches. Non-compliant vehicles are Euro 5 or older diesel vehicles and Euro 3 or older petrol vehicles. You can find out which Euro standard your vehicle is by checking your V5C certificate or contacting your vehicle manufacturer. Note 2: The proposed charges are £9 for non-compliant LGVs and taxis and £100 for non-compliant HGVs, buses and coaches. A vehicle would only be charged once per day. Note 3: A diesel car ban on Upper Maudlin Street and Park Row is proposed to operate between 7am and 3pm, seven days a week. It would apply to private diesel cars, not taxis/private hire vehicles or emergency services. If a diesel car is driven in the ban area, a fine would be issued.
I will change my taxi, LGV, HGV, bus or coach to a new model that can enter the Clean Air zone (Option 1) for free (see note 1)
I will pay the charge (see note 2) and continue driving my taxi, LGV, HGV, bus or coach into the Clean Air Zone.
I will continue to drive my taxi, LGV, HGV, bus or coach by a different route to avoid the Clean Air Zone
I will stop driving my taxi, LGV, HGV, bus or coach into the Clean Air Zone
I will use the freight consolidation centre to deliver into the Clean Air Zone
I will move my business out of the Clean Air Zone (Option 1)
I will change my diesel car to a petrol or electric car so I can enter the diesel ban route on Upper Maudlin Street/Park Row (see note 3)
I will car share with someone to travel into the Clean Air Zone
I will walk, cycle or use public transport more
The Clean Air Zone would not affect me
Other (please specify)
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3. How do you think Option 2 Diesel car ban would affect you? (Please tick all that apply)
I will change my diesel car to a petrol or electric car so I can drive in the diesel car ban area
I will drive to the same places by diesel car by a different route which avoids the diesel car ban area
I will continue to drive a diesel car into the diesel car ban area but at different times (avoiding the period 7am to 3pm)
I will stop travelling to central Bristol between 7am and 3pm
I will continue to drive my diesel car in the diesel car ban area and I will pay the fine (in line with the standard set by government; exact level to be confirmed)
I will stop driving when I travel into the Clean Air Zone and I will walk, cycle or use public transport instead
I will car share with someone to travel into the diesel car ban area
I would try to move my home out of the diesel car ban area
I would try to change my job to work outside the diesel car ban area
I will move my business out of the diesel car ban area
The diesel car ban would not affect me
Other (please specify)
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Your views on the two options 4. To improve air quality to legal standards, we have to reduce pollution from road traffic.
We are legally required to reduce levels of NO2 to within legal limits in the shortest possible time. From our work to date, we think both Option 1 and Option 2 would reduce pollution to legal limits within a similar time. In mid-July, we will be able to confirm this and tell you when each option would achieve legal levels of NO2, using the results from our latest modelling work. For each of the options, we want to know if you think it is a good way to improve air quality in Bristol. Please say if you agree or disagree with each of the following statements (you can tell us that you agree with both options, disagree with both options or agree with one option and disagree with the other). We ask you in later questions if there are additional measures you think are needed to make the options work well.
Option 1: Clean Air Zone (private cars not charged) is a good way to improve air quality in Bristol
Strongly agree Agree Neither agree Disagree Strongly nor disagree disagree
Option 2: Diesel car ban is a good way to improve air quality in Bristol
Strongly agree Agree Neither agree Disagree Strongly nor disagree disagree
5. Please tell us why you agree or disagree with each option (Try to keep your comments to 250 words or fewer for each option if you can) Option 1:
Option 2:
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Your views on the boundaries of Option 1 Clean Air Zone (private cars not charged) and Option 2 diesel car ban
The proposed boundaries for Option 1 Clean Air Zone (private cars not charged) and Option 2 diesel car ban have been chosen to improve air quality to meet legal standards as soon as possible. We could consider very small changes to the boundary (e.g. to include or exclude a particular section of road or a junction) if you tell us there are important reasons why this is needed. We will consider carefully whether changes can be made which would not prejudice the achievement of the legal standards as quickly as possible. 6. Please tell us if there are small changes to the boundary of the proposed Option 1 zone which you think we should make. Please tell us the location, what should change and why.
Location Please describe what change Why do you think this is needed? (e.g. junction of Street you recommend to the Option 1 A with Street B) boundary? Location 1:
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7. Please tell us if there are small changes to the boundary of the proposed Option 2 zone which you think we should make. Please tell us the location, what should change and why.
Location Please describe what change Why do you think this is needed? (e.g. junction of Street you recommend to the Option 2 A with Street B) boundary? Location 1:
Location 2:
Location 3:
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Exemptions The options could include groups for whom the new rules would NOT apply – i.e. people in exceptional situations would not pay the charge to drive older polluting (non-compliant) vehicles in the Option 1 Clean Air Zone or who would be allowed to drive diesel cars in the Option 2 diesel car ban area. Again we would need to be satisfied that this would not result in compliance being delayed.
8. Please tell us if you think the following groups should pay no charge or receive a discount or pay the full charge to drive an older, more polluting (non-compliant) vehicle in the Option 1 Clean Air Zone.
We propose that vehicles within the disabled passenger vehicle tax class would be exempt from paying a charge in the Option 1 Clean Air Zone.
Note: It is proposed that full charges would be £9 per day for non-compliant taxis and LGVs and £100 per day for non-compliant HGVs, buses and coaches. Private cars would not be charged.
Pay no Pay reduced Pay full Category of people or vehicle charge charge charge HGVs operated by any businesses based within the Option 1 zone boundary
HGVs operated by any business based within the Option 1 zone boundary, which has a low annual turnover
Buses or coaches operated by any business based within the Option 1 zone boundary
Buses or coaches operated by any business based within the Option 1 zone boundary, which has a low annual turnover
Vans (LGVs) operated by any business based within the Option 1 zone boundary
Vans (LGVs) operated by any business based within the Option 1 zone boundary, which has a low annual turnover
Community and school transport vehicles used for disabled people and their carers
In Option 1, a diesel car ban is proposed on one route past the children’s hospital which has high levels of pollution (Upper Maudlin Street and Park Row). We propose that emergency services, taxis/private hire and vehicles within the disabled passenger vehicle tax class would be exempt from the proposed diesel car ban on Upper Maudlin Street and Park Row in Option 1. In Option 2, we propose that emergency services, taxis/private hire and vehicles within the disabled passenger vehicle tax class would be exempt from the proposed small area diesel car ban shown in Figure 2.
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Additional changes which could be considered 9. Which of the following additional changes do you think are needed to make the Clean Air Zone and diesel car ban successful? Please tick up to four which you think would be most important for Option 1 Clean Air Zone (private cars not charged) and four which you think would be most important for Option 2 diesel car ban
Option 1 Option 2 Possible changes (Please tick up to 4) (Please tick up to 4) Introduction of further bus priority schemes Introduction of subsidised (e.g. free) bus travel for certain demographic or income groups Expansion of Portway Park and Ride site (550 new spaces with 350 additional to be unlocked in the future) Improved public transport to the hospitals on Upper Maudlin Street Introduction and enforcement of anti-idling zones for buses in the most polluted part of the city centre New rules for bus lanes and bus services which the council helps to pay for which means older, more polluting buses, taxis and private hire vehicles could not be used Development of new and/or improved cycle/walking routes Increased Euro standard requirements for taxis and private hire vehicles in licensing agreements Provision of grants for taxi, private hire and LGV drivers to upgrade and/or retrofit their vehicles
Improvements to waste vehicles to make them less polluting Changes to traffic signal timings across the city to minimise queues in areas with poor air quality Additional restrictions on goods vehicle movements in the city centre and/or wider Air Quality Management Area during peak hours Mobility credits. These are incentives to use alternative modes of transport other than the private car e.g. free or reduced bus tickets for a limited time. Financial incentives, advice and support for businesses and citizens to use public transport and walking and cycling (expansion of existing Smarter Choices programme) An electric van trial scheme for businesses (known as Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence) Scrappage scheme for diesel cars as part of Option 2 Already included (already included in Option1) Scrappage scheme for non-compliant taxis, LGVs, HGVs, buses and coaches Other (please specify)
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10. If you have any other comments or suggestions about the Traffic Clean Air Zone proposals, please tell us here.
About you
We would like to receive feedback from people with as wide a variety of views and needs as possible in Bristol. It would be very helpful if you could complete the following ‘About You’ questions. This will help us ensure that no-one is discriminated against unlawfully. All questions are optional. You do not have to answer any of them if you prefer not to. Information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Personal and sensitive information will be used solely for the purpose of equalities monitoring to ensure that everyone is treated fairly. Our privacy policy, which explains how we will process your personal information, how long we will retain it and your rights as a data subject, is available at: bristol.citizenspace.com/privacy_policy Please answer the questions below by ticking the boxes that you feel most describes you.
11. What is your full postcode, e.g. BS9 3JZ. If you are responding on behalf of a business or other organisation, please provide the postcode of the organisation’s premises in Bristol (or which you think would be affected by the Clean Air proposals in Bristol).
12. How do you normally travel for most of your journeys in Bristol?
Car (petrol) Walk Train Car (diesel) Cycle Taxi/Uber Car (electric vehicle) Bus/metrobus Motorcycle/moped Car (hybrid) Other (please specify)
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13. Which of the following best describes you (please tick all that apply)
I am a resident in Bristol I am responding on behalf of a coach operator I work in Bristol but live elsewhere I drive an HGV for work I represent / own a local business I drive a van (LGV) for work I am responding on behalf of a Housing I drive a taxi/private hire vehicle Association Bristol City Council employee I am responding on behalf of a Voluntary/ Other (please specify) Community/Social Enterprise I am a Councillor I am an MP If you are responding on behalf of an I am responding on behalf of a Health/social organisation, please say which care provider I am responding on behalf of a Public Transport provider 14. What is your age?
0–10 25–34 65–74 11–15 35–44 75–84 16–17 45–54 85 + 18–24 55–64 Prefer not to say 15. Do you consider yourself to be a disabled person?
Yes No Prefer not to say 16. What is your sex?
Female Prefer not say Male Other (please describe): 17. Have you gone through any part of a gender reassignment process or do you intend to?
Yes No Prefer not to say 18. What is your ethnic group? (please tick one box only)
White British Asian/Asian British Any other ethnic background (please describe): White Irish Mixed/Multi ethnic group White Other Gypsy/Roma/Irish Traveller Black/African/Caribbean/ Prefer not to say Black British
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19. What is your sexual orientation?
Bisexual Heterosexual/Straight Other (please describe): Gay Man Prefer not to say Gay Woman/Lesbian 20. What is your religion/faith?
No Religion Jewish Prefer not to say Buddhist Muslim Other (please describe): Christian Pagan Hindu Sikh 21. Are you pregnant or have you given birth in the last 26 weeks?
Yes No Prefer not to say 22. Are you a refugee or asylum seeker?
Yes No Prefer not to say
23. How did you hear about this consultation? (please tick all that apply)
Bus shelter advertisement Friends of/campaign group Poster Through an organisation I belong to Postcard/flyer Through my trade organisation Email from council Ward councillor Verbally from a council officer Radio / TV At an event (e.g. Harbour Festival). Please specify Newspaper/online newspaper Library Citizen Service Point Facebook Word of mouth Twitter Other (please specify): NextDoor Instagram Snapchat If you heard about it from a friends of/campaign group, please specify: Ask Bristol notification Citizens’ Panel notification Voice and Influence Partnership
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24. We want to make sure our surveys are as good as possible. Please tell us if you agree or disagree with the following statements:
There is enough information about the proposals for me to answer the questions Strongly agree Agree Neither agree Disagree Strongly nor disagree disagree The questions make it easy for me to give my views Strongly agree Agree Neither agree Disagree Strongly nor disagree disagree The survey meets my accessibility requirements Strongly agree Agree Neither agree Disagree Strongly nor disagree disagree 25. If you would like us to contact you about future consultations related to Clean Air, the environment or transport please provide your email address below.
Information you provide will be treated confidentially and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679. Your contact details will be used solely for the purpose of contacting you about future consultations if you have ticked the box to request this. Our privacy policy (bristol.citizenspace.com/privacy_policy) explains what we do with your personal information, how long we keep it and your right to withdraw your consent at any time you choose. I would like to be contacted about future consultations related to Clean Air, the environment or transport and I consent to my contact details being used for this purpose as defined in Bristol City Council’s privacy policy. Email address:
What happens next?
The consultation on our Traffic Clean Air Zone options is open until Monday 12 August 2019 and you need to complete the survey and submit it before that date to ensure your views are taken into account. You can request alternative formats of this document by emailing [email protected] or by calling 0117 352 1397. All responses to the consultation will be analysed and included in a report that will be published on the Bristol City Council website. Your responses will help inform final proposals which will be considered by The Mayor and Cabinet in September 2019. A Full Business Case which describes our approach following consultation to achieve compliance in the shortest possible time will be submitted to Government in the coming months. Data Protection: data you supply will be held and used in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. Personal information you supply is confidential. The council will only publish aggregate or summary results from the consultation,which will not identify individuals. Information will be stored for three years.
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