London’s clean air zone was meant to reduce car pollution but also had another effect: more active kids. “Instead of being chauffeured to school by their parents, the students started walking, biking, scootering, or taking public transit.” [grist.org]

London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids

Four in 10 London children stopped driving and started walking to school a year after the city’s clean air zone went into effect.