Working with Direct Line and PACTS, plus the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality and ZapMap, we have today
published an interactive web application allowing everyone to view data on air quality, electric vehicles, and public charging points in a single place.
Concerns about air quality and its impacts on public health have become a major concern of the public, professionals and politicians. In parallel, concern about climate change has become acute. Emissions from transport are major contributors to both environmental problems. In order to improve air quality and to meet climate change commitments, the Government is ending production of petrol and diesel cars by 2030 and promoting electric vehicles (EVs).
The web application has been a collaboration between different organisations in different sectors and uses a variety of datasets to present a concise summary of statistics for each constituency in Great Britain. Data collected and analysed by Agilysis has been used in today's
press release by Direct Line which raises a number of issues relating to electic vehicle costs and charging infrastrucutre,