The City of York’s Council has approved plans to ban private car journeys from the city centre in the next three years in a bid to cut carbon emissions.
The ban would stop all non-essential private car journeys inside York’s city walls by 2023. There will be some exemptions, for example disabled residents who rely on cars.
York is one of several UK cities with illegally high levels of pollution.
Councillors voted in favour of the plans by a majority. The City of York Council is aiming to become carbon neutral by 2030, 20 years before the British government’s net zero target.
The council's executive member for transport will be required to develop a plan, subject to consultation, to implement the scheme.
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