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The buses are a problem, but they are being cleaned up - the new Borismasters are really clean hybrids which make a huge amount of difference, and several older designs are clean now.
Taxis continue to be a massive polluter, and for no real reason. TFL could ban diesel taxis at a stroke if they wanted to, but the LTDA always fight them - dunno why, as LTI and Mercedes have been offering petrol and LPG engines for years. Personally since they switched from actual taxis to Mercedes vans I think the london cabbie has become an anachronism and their special privileges should be revoked. Cyclists outnumber them, so fuck off cabbies.