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From WRI
Summary
- Zero-emission zones (ZEZs) are small designated areas in cities where only zero-emission vehicles, pedestrians, and bikes are allowed, reducing emissions and congestion.
- Implementing ZEZs can bring additional environmental and economic benefits, but may have negative impacts on low-income residents and small businesses.
- Cities like Amsterdam, Shenzhen, and Rotterdam have successfully implemented ZEZs by targeting trucks first, creating small zones, supporting small businesses, and combining ZEZs with additional benefits.
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- …some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones (ZEZs).
- These are designated small areas of about 1.5 square miles to 11 square miles inside large cities in Europe, Asia and North America where only zero-emission vehicles (such as electric cars and trucks), pedestrians and bikes are granted unrestricted access, with gas and diesel vehicles either prohibited or forced to pay an access fee.
- A WRI report, “Feasibility of Zero-Emission Freight Zones: Scenario Analysis and Risk Assessment,” shows only about a dozen cities around the world have officially implemented or announced formal proposals to pilot ZEZs. Currently, these cities include Rotterdam and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, London and Oxford in England, Brussels in Belgium, Santa Monica and Los Angeles in the United States, Oslo in Norway and the cities of Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan and Hangzhou in China.
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