Oxford aims for world’s first zero emissions zone with petrol car ban

Oxford council plans to start phasing out polluting vehicles including taxis, cars and buses from city centre area in 2020Polluting vehicles could be banned from Oxford city centre under plans to bring in what officials believe would be the world’s first zero emissions zone. The proposals aim to slash air pollution in the historic university city, which has seen levels of the harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide plateau above legal limits in some areas.Related: The war against air pollution