HEAVILY polluting vehicles, referred to as “yellow label” vehicles, will be off the roads from October, Shanghai Transport Commission announced yesterday.

By March end, Shanghai had 62,000 such vehicles, most of them logistic trucks. They are banned from entering the suburban Shanghai Ring Expressway (G1501) from this month.

Vehicles that fall under China II emission standard and are registered with the transport authority before 2005, will be banned from the Outer Ring Road (S20) from next year. Currently, the ban applies to vehicles that are under China I emission standard.