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Cleaner Air, Healthier Lives: Capita’s Role in London’s Air Quality Transformation.
This week, our CEO Adolfo Hernandez met with Andy Lord, Commissioner of Transport for London (TfL), as the Mayor of London shared powerful new evidence from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), confirming that London’s air pollution levels fell to within the legal limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) for the first time in 2024, almost 200 years earlier than predicted.
For the last decade Capita has been a proud strategic partner to Transport for London (TfL), creating and delivering the world’s most advanced vehicle detection system to support the largest clean air zone.
But it doesn’t stop there - We provide the people, systems and processes needed to manage the journeys of millions of citizens in London - from image receipt through to payment or enforcement, across all of TfL’s key schemes: Congestion Charging, Low Emissions Zone (LEZ), Traffic Enforcement, Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ), the Safer Lorry Scheme (DVS), and the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels. We’re also responsible for the delivery of the network and Wi-Fi services that enable the operation of TfL’s traffic signals, CCTV cameras, bus stations, bus garages, Oyster, and London Underground services. Capita’s partnership with TfL has helped to transform London’s transport infrastructure, enhancing road safety, supporting more efficient journeys for millions of citizens, and as confirmed this week, improving air quality.
Most importantly though the partnership has saved lives. That’s not hyperbole - those were the words of the Commissioner to Adolfo this week when they met and supported by Imperial College London’s research, which has previously attributed around 4,000 premature deaths per year in the capital to toxic air. As the Mayor said this week, this means that almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air, fewer children are growing up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease, which means big savings for the NHS.
“This is the public/private partnership at its absolute best – bold public vision and policies supported by technology, data and human expertise, working together to protect health, improve quality of life, and create a greener future. I couldn’t be prouder of our role in this transformative achievement for London” Adolfo Hernandez, CEO of Capita.
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