Editing London congestion charge (section)

==== T-Charge emissions surcharge ====
An emissions surcharge, known as the Toxicity Charge or T-Charge, was introduced on 23 October 2017. It operated for the same hours as the congestion charge (7:00{{nbsp}}am to 6:00{{nbsp}}pm on weekdays).<ref>{{cite web |last=Chapman |first=Ben |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/t-charge-what-is-it-london-emissions-charge-how-affect-will-pay-congestion-car-diesel-a8014976.html |title=T-charge: What is the new London emissions charge and how will it affect you? |work=The Independent |date=23 October 2017 |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref> Older cars and vans that did not meet [[European emission standards#Toxic emission: stages and legal framework|Euro 4 standards]] had to pay an extra £10 charge on top of the congestion charge to drive in central London, within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ). The charge typically applied to diesel and petrol vehicles registered before 2006, and the levy affected up to 10,000 vehicles. The public consultation on the T-Charge proposals began in July 2016.<ref name=TCharge>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/17/london-to-introduce-vehicle-pollution-charge-in-october-says-mayor-sadiq-khan |title=London to introduce £10 vehicle pollution charge, says Sadiq Khan | first=Rowena |last=Mason | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=17 February 2017 | access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref><ref name=TCharge02>{{cite news | url=http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/95559/london-introduces-new-10-t-charge-to-cut-vehicle-pollution |title=London introduces new £10 'T-charge' to cut vehicle pollution | first= Martin |last=Saarinen | work=[[Auto Express]] | date=17 February 2017 | access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref>

London Mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] announced the introduction of the scheme on 17 February 2017 after London achieved record air pollution levels in January 2017, and the city was put on a high pollution alert for the first time ever, as cold and stationary weather failed to clear toxic pollutants emitted mainly by diesel vehicles.<ref name=NYT02172017>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/world/europe/london-smog-air-pollution.html?_r=0 |title=A Push for Diesel Leaves London Gasping Amid Record Pollution | author=Kimiko de Reytas-Tamura | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=17 February 2017 | access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref>

In December 2017, TfL said that the charge had cut the number of non-compliant vehicles by around 1,000 per day, with the remaining 2,000 paying the £10 charge (a further 3,000 vehicles are eligible for discounts due to Blue Badges etc.).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tcharge-cuts-number-of-dirty-diesels-driven-into-central-london-by-1000-a3725816.html |title=T-charge cuts number of dirty diesels driven into central London by 1,000|date=22 December 2017}}</ref>

The T-Charge was replaced by the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) on 8 April 2019. For the ULEZ [[Sunset provision|sunset period]] the T-Charge was still levied for uncompliant vehicles on holders of the residents' discount.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pay to drive in London|url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/terms-and-conditions/pay-to-drive-in-london|access-date=2020-07-27|website=Transport for London|language=en-GB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727180407/https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/terms-and-conditions/pay-to-drive-in-london |archive-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>