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Amsterdam to ban petrol and diesel cars and motorbikes by 2030
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of The Guardian (One of the UK's leading newspapers)
Posted: February 23rd, 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/03/amsterdam-ban-...
Cars and motorbikes running on petrol or diesel will be banned from driving in Amsterdam from 2030. The citys council plans to phase in the change as part of a drive to clean up air pollution, which the authorities blame for shortening the life expectancy of Amsterdammers by a year. Pollution often is a silent killer and is one of the greatest health hazards in Amsterdam, said the councillor responsible for the citys traffic, Sharon Dijksma, announcing the municipalitys decision. From next year, diesel cars that are 15 years or older will be banned from going within the A10 ring road around the Dutch capital. Public buses and coaches that emit exhaust fumes will no longer enter the city centre from 2022. By 2025, the ban will be extended to pleasure crafts on its waters, mopeds and light mopeds. All traffic within the built-up area must be emission-free by 2030 under the Clean Air Action plan. The city plans to encourage its residents to switch to electric and hydrogen cars by offering charging stations to every buyer of such a vehicle. It is hoped that the second-hand electric car market will blossom in the coming years. There will need to be 16,000 to 23,000 charging stations by 2025 to make the project viable up from the current 3,000 in the city. In January 2018, the Dutch health council called on the government to devise an ambitious strategy to improve air quality in the Netherlands, warning that the blanket of pollution would cause major health problems in the country.
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