2022 was the first year that Glasgow did not breach air pollution limits, excluding the impact of lockdowns in 2020.
BUSY streets in Glasgow have passed air pollution tests for the first time according to environmental campaigners.analysed official air pollution data for 2022 showing a reduction in pollutants on pollution hotspots that are monitored.
Monitoring spots in the city found Hope Street was at 39.24. Others include Byres Road, which had 27.53, Dumbarton Road was 26.12, Nithsdale Road scored 21.98, Anderston was 21.5, High Street had 20.96 and Great Western Road scored 19.75. Gavin Thomson, transport campaigner at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “Air pollution from transport is responsible for thousands of premature deaths in Scotland every year, and causes serious heart and lung issues, so it’s great that progress is being made to improve some of our most polluted streets in Glasgow. The provisional data show that the Low Emission Zones and the Scottish Government’s hefty subsidies for operators to buy new buses are having an immediate impact.
Angus Millar, convener for climate and transport, said: “The reduction in pollution levels observed in the provisional data indicates that positive progress is being made in Glasgow.
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