Transport app Moovit has teamed up with Drayson Technologies to add a pollution level checker to the app. The feature is powered by Drayson’s CleanSpace technology, and in addition to accessing air pollution information for their chosen public transport route, Moovit users can also request to be equipped with CleanSpace Tags. These are personal air pollution smart sensors that collect hyper-local air pollution data as users travel in and around their cities.

The Moovit community members equipped with CleanSpace Tags will crowdsource air pollution data wherever they are, helping to build a global map of air pollution. Members can register for their CleanSpace Tags here.

The app update comes as the UK is issued with an official warning by the EU regarding rising pollution levels that saw nitrogen dioxide limits repeatedly exceeded in 16 areas including London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Glasgow. An additional survey undertaken by Surrey University revealed that public transport users are exposed to a much higher level of pollution than car drivers. Tube users, in fact, are exposed to eight times more pollution levels than those driving to work.

“It is essential that commuters have easy access to information that plays a direct part in their overall health and wellbeing,” said Moovit vice president of product, Yovav Meydad. “CleanSpace is an incredibly smart network that allows Moovit users to be pollution-aware by tracking the pollution levels along their journey anywhere in the UK. The community is also able to contribute to this huge network, mapping air pollution levels across the country, and by carrying a CleanSpace smart sensor they are effectively providing a constant data source to help us track where pollutions levels are high.”