The NoX fumes are horrible for pedestrians too. Especially when the buses are stacked one after another, idling.
I seriously can’t believe the government refuses to act on the diesel disaster. Tens of thousands of people die from diesel exhaust complications per year, but they don’t care.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
Outside of TfL and absent a "diesel scrappage scheme" the cost would be born by primarily by private individuals anyway.
As the article suggests the cash cost of the electric busses may be zero with a longer deprecation period.
Against that "pollutants linked to one in 12 deaths in parts of London." Which would you choose? https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families...