TIF
Improving air quality
A pollution solution
Our plans would fund a number of initiatives that would improve air quality inside the congestion charging area.
Cars, vans, lorries and buses release harmful air pollutants - particulates and nitrogen oxides - that can affect people's health, causing respiratory complaints.
Our plans could help reduce the number of pollutants and improve air quality.
More trams, powered by carbon-free hydro-electricity, would run to more destinations. Extra carriages on trains would carry more people. Plus more cycle lanes would be developed, filling gaps in the current network.
Within the charging rings, emissions of local air pollutants in areas that currently have the worst air pollution will drop by up to 12%.
Reduction in CO2
Our plans are driven by the need to make sure Greater Manchester's economy can continue to grow and generate up to 210,000 new jobs.
Transport already accounts for over a quarter of climate change gas emissions in Greater Manchester, and economic growth could mean even more. With an improved public transport fleet, and through providing drivers with alternatives to car use, our plans have the potential to break the link between economic growth and increasing CO2 in transport.
Through TIF, more trams - now powered by carbon-free hydro-electricity - would run to more areas. Extra carriages on trains would carry more people. More cycle lanes would also be developed.