Clean cab cash rolls out as Manchester processes 193 taxi upgrade bids worth over £1.5m already

Clean air grants failing to electrify Manchester’s taxis

Less than a third of taxi drivers receiving grants from Greater Manchester’s Hackney Support Fund are to use the money to buy a zero emission vehicle, Clean Cities have found. In an update on their investment-led Clean Air Plan, Greater Manchester are to announce that they are delivering all the measures agreed with government to meet legal limits for NO₂, without the need for a charging Clean Air Zone. One of the highlights of the update is the…

Clean cab cash rolls out as Manchester processes 193 taxi upgrade bids worth over £1.5m already

Image credit: LEVC Greater Manchester has processed 193 applications under its new £8m clean taxi support scheme, with £1.58m already committed in non-repayable grants to help black cab drivers upgrade to cleaner vehicles, according to an official update due before councillors next week. The figures are contained in a report to the Air Quality Administration Committee on 29 January, which confirms that the city region is delivering measures agre…