Cheer for the Lans tolls against air pollution: – Very courageous made – VG

the city Council in Oslo will femdoble bompengene in the capital on days when there is acute high pollution.

Already in the winter it can therefore be claimed 160 million in tolls on the days where air pollution is “acute high”, reports NRK today.

Asthma – and allergiforbundet cheer:

– In a historical perspective this is certainly something to cheer for. This is one of the strictest measures one has ever notified, and it is very boldly done, ” says assistant secretary general Bo Gleditsch to the VG.

– It will definitely have an impact on the days it is to talk about, ” says Gleditsch.

Report: Requires 185 life in the year

Each year die 185 people early on because of the dust, beating the Norwegian institute of public health (FHI) stuck in a report in september. They say it is important to reduce the high pollution in Oslo as much as possible.

– You get an increased incidence of early deaths, and it is probably the very sickest who die during such episodes. You will also receive a worsening in some of them with respiratory problems, lung diseases, and heart disease, ” says head of department Per Schwarze by Air and Noise in the FHI.

Air pollution is very weather dependent and is worst on the days with cold and stagnant air, he points out. The proposal from the town council goes out to femdoble when langtidsvarslene shows the weather conditions that can give high air pollution.

– We have high air pollution all the time, but on some days the acute high. There we had four days off in the winter, and the last time we had it was in 2011. And in those situations, as are quite a few, we want to be able to take measures to bring down air pollution, say Lan Marie Berg (MDG), the commissioner for environment and transport, to the Norwegian broadcasting corporation.

She says at the same time that the most important thing they do, is the long-term measures that piggdekkavgiften.

the CAPITAL IN JANUARY: the Picture shows a grey and heavy day in Oslo in January in winter, where cold weather, a lot of traffic and little wind gave high air pollution. Photo:TERJE BRINGEDAL,VG

Photo: Terje Bringedal, VG

Will have the decrease of kollektivprisene

the Proposal to femdoble bomprisene on “high” days is based on a professional note prepared by COWI and the Norwegian institute for air research (NILU). You can read the note here (external link).

For regular cars is the price today 33 million, which is 165 million, if the new proposal goes through. For heavy vehicles can in one pass cost around 480 million.

– This is an acute-measures, putting on a plaster, but what we have to work with here is that akuttdagene does not occur. And where we are more uncertain of what byråden really want. I think that she will, but if she is going to succeed is another matter, ” says Gleditsch in Asthma and allergiforbundet.

– It has the greatest effect is to increase the bompengene at the same time that you lower the price on the collective. Byråden points out that calculations show that to increase the price of the barrier leads to the fact that air pollution is going down, and that is absolutely correct. But many of the same reports shows that to increase the prices in the toll booth and lowering the price of the collective will have greater effect, he points out.