Pollution * UK - Buses are to Blame
The Truth About Manchester Air PollutionManchester,UK -The Truth About Cars (USA), by Robert Farago -July 26, 2007: -- Congestion charging (CC) proponents often justify the regressive tax by citing the need to reduce vehicular pollution in city centers. In their campaign to stymie a local CC scheme, Manchester Against Road Tolls (MART) points out that the Manchester City Council's plan singularly fails to tackle the real cause of the city's air pollution: buses... It does seem odd that Manchester hasn't retired its smoke-belching buses. The city has one of Europe's busiest bus routes (Oxford Road/Wilmslow Road)... (Photo courtesy by Aiden O'Rourke - Bus 254 to Flixton at the Picadilly Gardens bus stop, reputed to be one of the UK's worst air pollution "black spots")
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