CATCH LIFE02 ENV/UK/000136 - Clean Accessible Transport for Community Health
Overview
Background & policy context:
The European directives (96/62/EC and 99/30/EC) on air quality define the policy framework and set limits for key pollutants in ambient air. In the UK these limits have been accepted as national objectives in the Air Quality Strategy published in 2000. A key part of the strategy requires local authorities to draw up air quality action plans. These plans play an important role in cutting road transport emissions since road transport is a major source of the local air pollution.
Objectives:
The core of CATCH was the development and implementation of an innovative, partnership-based approach to transport-related environment policy in Liverpool, a major UK city undergoing radical land use development allied to economic regeneration. To this aim the project planned to:
- Support the Community’s Sixth Environmental Action Programme by promoting sustainable mobility;
- Significantly improve urban air quality;
- Implement advanced pollution monitoring techniques in Liverpool city centre;
- Significantly expand the use of clean fuels in public transport and local authority vehicle fleets;
- Contribute to the EC’s Kyoto commitments by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases;
- Disseminate the results of the project and promote best practice; and
- Transfer knowledge and experience to Accession Countries and Southern Europe through the participation of partners from Romania and Italy.
Share this page