Air pollution – Queen’s Park Area Residents’ Association

QUEEN’S PARK AREA – HEALTHY NEIGHBOURHOOD

John Haines — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:27:34 +0000

MP Smarter Travel (MPST) is working with the Queen’s Park community to shape a safer and healthier local area. MPST want to hear your views on potential efforts to create quieter streets with reduced traffic and improved air quality.

MPST are holding meetings and have an online survey for local people to complete.

For more information, see the flyer below and go to the Queen’s Park Area – Healthy Neighbourhood page on this website.

QP-HN-Information-Flyer-Phase-One Download

Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) briefing from TfL at January’s QPARA meeting – presentation material and Q&As

msnorbury — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:26:09 +0000

Click here to open the TfL presentation

Victoria Secretan from Clean Air for Brent moderated a discussion on ULEZ, following a presentation to be given by Simon Roberts Principal City Planner at Transport for London. Nisha Durgacharan, Community Partnership Specialist at TfL was also present. Representatives from nearby residents’ associations (KRRA, KTRA, BRAT and APRATA) and CAfB had been invited to join the QPARA meeting for the presentation and discussion.

Many thanks to Simon and Nisha for giving up their evening and to Victoria and all involved in organising the session.

Click here for TfL’s responses to the questions asked

“The Air We Breathe: how pollution is affecting us and what we can do about it” at Brent Civic Centre, Thu 6 Jul, 7-9pm

msnorbury — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 05:19:12 +0000

Brent Council and new coalition group, Clean Air for Brent (supported by QPARA), are inviting everyone to a high-profile public meeting “The Air We Breathe: how pollution is affecting us and what we can do about it” at Brent Civic Centre, Thursday 6th July, 7-9pm. Speakers to include world-renowned health expert Sir Michael Marmot and Simon Birkett, Founder and Director of Clean Air in London. Hywel Lloyd of the well-known think tank, IPPR, will facilitate inter-active discussion between panel and audience.There will be suggestions about what we can do locally. Please join us.

We’ll be producing more info about registering etc when the list of speakers/panellists is complete. However booking is now open at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-air-we-breathe-how-pollution-is-affecting-us-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-tickets-35136212357

Have your say on govt. plan for tackling nitrogen dioxide – one week left to respond to consultation

msnorbury — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 04:58:41 +0000

After successful legal challenges in the high court, the govt. has produced and published plans to address air pollution from nitrogen dioxide. There is widespread concern that the plans do not go far enough to tackle our toxic air crisis. Consultation on the proposed plans runs until 15th June. Make sure you have your say and call on the govt. to take tougher measures to clean up our air:

https://consult.defra.gov.uk/airquality/air-quality-plan-for-tackling-nitrogen-dioxide/

Letter to PM calling for action on diesel emissions scandal

msnorbury — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 18:34:42 +0000

As concerns grow about the damaging impact of air pollution on our health, QPARA has been meeting with other residents’ associations and community groups, mostly in south Brent, to look at ways of improving local air quality. This follows air pollution monitoring by QPARA along Salusbury Road last August and October, which showed average levels of toxic NO₂ along the main road in excess of the legal annual mean. Readings on side streets were slightly lower, highlighting the link between air pollution and diesel vehicle emissions.

Clean Air for Brent, the group of local bodies, including QPARA, wrote to Brent MPs on 5th April asking them to endorse a letter to the Prime Minister and the Environment Secretary.

Clean Air for Brent are engaging with Brent Council on a revised Air Quality Action Plan and an anti-idling campaign involving schools. The Mayor of London is also implementing a package of measures to tackle air pollution, including new Low Emission Bus Zones. Queen’s Park is not one of them, but we will benefit from cleaner buses along Chamberlayne Road from 2018 as a result of the Edgware Road being designated a Low Emission Bus Zone.

In the meantime, we can all do much more to reduce pollution by driving less, switching away from diesel to cleaner hybrid vehicles, and not leaving engines running when stationary.