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But much of the debate has centred around cars and has been characterised as pro-car and anti-car.
Phase one of the LEZ has helped bring down the high levels of pollutants, namely nitrogen dioxide , in the core city centre area.This is obvious as very few people were in the city centre.However, as soon as the travel and social distance restrictions were lifted, according to the council, Glasgow was one of the fastest to reach illegal levels of air pollution.It has been identified that people in the more deprived areas of the city are being disproportionately affected by pollution.
In the morning and late afternoon rush hours, the air in these streets would be filled with fumes from cars belonging to people who did not live there.
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