This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Apply Congestion/Pollution Charges to Blackcab-users
London Mayor Mr.Sadik Khan is making private hire or Minicab drivers pay Congestion Charge & ULEZ charge . But black cabs are exampt . Black cabs emit more CO2 then private Hire vehicle .
More details
Stat on Blackcabs making up 40% of cars in cczone is in Travel In London Report 9 Table 6.6 Pg 187 http://content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-london-report-9.pdf
(Taxis make up 20% of total traffic, Private hire vehicles 12% and private cars 18%
Stat on blackcabs emitting up to 30 times more lethal NOx than equivalent car
& 60% of all car NOx in London is from the Independent:
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/black-cabs-taxis-air-pollution-london-research-true-icct-a8688141.html
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