Most cities throughout Europe should restrict traffic to tackle growing levels of air pollution as pandemic restrictions ease, the European Public Health Alliance urged today, a call based on a wide-ranging new transport study. Banning polluting vehicles could cut harmful particulate matter and nitrogen oxide pollution in cities of over a million residents by up to 23% and 36% respectively, saving up to €130 million per year in health and other costs, the study found. Read the full press release here.
This report was covered in around 70 articles in 10 European countries, including articles in the Daily Mail and La Stampa.
