Making Clean Air Zones easier, cheaper, quicker & smarter- enabling emission-based pricing

人口稠密地区空气质量差被广泛认为是一个全国性的公共卫生问题。为了解决这个问题并减少我们城市的排放，英国政府已经拨款1.01亿英镑，用于创建6个“清洁空气区”——指定的区域，可以对污染最严重的车辆实施限制和收费。最初的提案包含16个caz的计划，但这些计划因当前ANPR技术的高成本而受到限制，并且是未来自愿采用的主要障碍。我们的目标是通过使用远程信息处理、GPS和地理围栏技术来解决这个问题，创造一个低成本的综合解决方案，可以快速部署，以改善空气质量。该系统将能够跟踪CAZ内的活动和车辆的排放足迹，从而开发基于排放的定价模式——惩罚重污染者，激励低排放行为。我们的系统不需要繁重的道路基础设施，不会中断，并将与地方当局的交通和停车系统相结合。我们的初步研究结果表明，我们可以将CAZ系统的资本成本降低90%，运行成本降低50%。

Poor air quality in populated areas is widely recognised as a national public health issue. In an attempt to combat this and reduce emissions in our cities, the UK Gov has allocated £101m for the creation of 6 ‘Clean Air Zones’ - designated areas where restrictions and charges can be placed on the most polluting vehicles. Original proposals contained plans for 16 CAZs however these plans were curtailed by the high cost of current ANPR technology and is a major barrier to any future voluntary adoption. We aim to address this by using telematics, GPS and geofence technology to create a low cost, integrated solution that can be rapidly deployed to improve air quality. The system will be able to track activity within the CAZ and a vehicle's emissions footprint, enabling the development of an emission based pricing model - penalising heavy polluters and incentivising low emission behaviours. Our system requires no heavy road infrastructure, no disruption and will integrate with local authority traffic and parking systems. Our initial findings suggest that we can reduce the capital cost of a CAZ system by >90% and running cost by >50%.