Motorists beware! Mont Blanc Tunnel completely closed
Since yesterday, 16.10.2023, the Mont Blanc Tunnel has been completely closed to traffic for 2 months. Drivers must be prepared for long detours and traffic jams.
Category: France
Attention summer smog! Heatwave in France triggers driving bans
In the south of France, people are suffering from enormous heat these days. This contributes massively to the formation of ozone. Therefore, strict driving bans have already been declared in Marseille. Avignon, Toulon and Nice are also threatened with driving bans.
France Holidaymakers beware: High fines due to environmental lanes!
Locals and holidaymakers in France are seeing a blue sign with a white rhombus more and more often these days. Those who disregard it promptly pay 135 euros. The signs indicate so-called environmental lanes. These are only approved for certain low-emission vehicles and those with carpools and are intended to reduce air pollution.
Massive forest fires in France: Are driving bans now imminent?
Devastating forest fires are raging in southern France. Thousands of holidaymakers had to be evacuated from campsites. The flames are not only endangering the people in the region and causing enormous property damage, but are also contributing greatly to particulate pollution in the air. Is this why driving bans are now threatening?
Paris postpones tightening of the low emission zone!
The postponement of the tightening of the environmental zone in the Paris metropolitan area, the Zone à Faibles Émissions (ZFE), has significant implications for the 7.2 million inhabitants and the environmental agenda in general.
Low emission zones in France: Beware of fines!
Starting this year, entering many French cities can be expensive for motorists. This is because more and more traffic offenders are being caught in the environmental zones due to automatic radar checks.
New low emission zone rules in July 2023
They deal with increasing criticism and sometimes they are even abolished, but low emission zones ultimately remain one of the green transport measures that politicians keep resorting to - to reduce emissions from road traffic, improve the quality of air and life for citizens and protect the environment as part of climate targets. This month, France, Denmark and Germany are also backing low-emission zones and driving bans. Green-Zones® lists the new rules for July.
France: Clermont-Ferrand to have an environmental zone
The central French city is ready for its first low emission zone. From 1 July, this will first come into force in Clermont and ban the traffic of vans and trucks without sticker 5 - or better.
Grenoble: New Central Low Emission Zone
A new low emission zone will come into force in the city centre of Grenoble on 1 July. Cars and motor homes - as well as motorised two-wheelers, tricycles and quads - need a sticker with the number 4 or higher to enter the zone.
No compulsory environmental badge for the chronically ill!
No longer should only emergency vehicles and a few others benefit from exemptions. The city of Rouen in France now also wants to exempt people with chronic and long-term illnesses from the sticker obligation and guarantee them unrestricted access to the environmental zone of the Rouen metropolitan area.
