Parents for Future Scotland has joined with other campaign groups to call on Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government to go further in implementing eco-friendly measures to combat environmental issues.
Families are calling for Glasgow's 'toxic air' to be urgently tackled as they called for support of the city's low-emission zone .
Sam Bartlett, a member of Parents for Future Scotland, and father of Hillhead High pupil Florence, who suffers from asthma, said: “This is a public health emergency, and politicians need to show leadership by prioritising far better pollution-cutting legislation, active travel and public transport." He continued: “This is why the LEZ on its own is not a solution. There are lots of cars on our roads that haven’t been subject to real-world driving emissions tests, so they’re producing higher levels of pollution than the figures car manufacturers claim. We also must remember the VW emissions cheating scandal, which has still not been fully resolved nine years after it was exposed. And children hit by SUVs are eight more times likely to die than in accidents involving regular passenger cars.
“Air quality improvement is also embedded within policies such as our Climate Plan and City Centre Transport Plan, all of which encourage walking, wheeling and cycling and more sustainable forms of travel for everyday journeys. “We have previously committed to implementing a citywide 20mph mandatory speed limit to boost road safety and help decarbonise transport, and with 288km of streets including Glasgow city centre already subject to a 20mph limit, a wider lowering of vehicle speeds is expected to make our roads safer and encourage active travel in less congested neighbourhoods.”
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