Paris: Today free parking against air pollution!
The City of Paris has announced free parking for residents on Thursday 15 June due to air pollution. AIRPARIF predicts that the ozone information threshold (O3) will be exceeded on that day.
Category: France
Lyon wants to extend the environmental zone
The already active low emission zone is not enough to keep emissions down on Lyon's roads. So a larger low emission zone is to come into force at the beginning of 2024 and prohibit all vehicles without a sticker - or with sticker 5 - from entering the ZFE. In the coming months, the city will present its plans.
New environmental zones and driving bans in June 2023
Tighter and new low emission zone rules, car-free Sundays and traffic-free roads for summertime. This month, the mobility world will again give space to green measures - in Scotland, France and Germany. But some cities are taking a step backwards - such as Berlin, where Friedrichstrasse will be reopened to car traffic. Green-Zones® lists the new low emission zone regulations and driving bans for June.
Europe: Resistance to low emission zones on the rise
Although climate targets and advancing climate change repeatedly show the importance of introducing measures such as emission-related driving bans and environmental zones, a wave of discontent with anti-car measures is increasingly spreading in Europe. Especially in England and France, riots often break out - while some German cities simply repeal the green regulations. What are the future prospects for environmental zones?
Germany and France: More car-free city centres
Fewer cars and motorised traffic, more space for citizens and the environment - Car-free city centres are to make the difference in the future in Berlin and Stuttgart, but also in the French capital Paris, and prepare the cities for the green traffic turnaround. The so-called ZTL are finding their way into more and more countries.
Marseille: Maritime environmental zone
Once again, the city, in cooperation with environmental associations, is calling for the creation of a maritime environmental zone off the coast of Marseille. Above all, ships with the environmentally harmful "scrubber filter" should be banned. This is because they do not prevent water pollution, but contribute to it.
Grenoble sues France
Grenoble is the first French city to sue the state for inaction on air pollution. Grenoble is demanding the annulment of the Plan for the Protection of the Atmosphere (PPA3) because the limits set are too high. So far, only individuals or associations had sued.
Angles-Morts and Stick'Air Obligation
Low-emission zones are not the only way cities and municipalities are going about their efforts to make traffic more environmentally friendly. New regulations are being introduced all the time to supplement low-emission zone rules or to make traffic safer. In France and Switzerland, for example, further regulations are in force that require more than just an environmental sticker to drive - for increased road safety and a greener traffic future. In Switzerland, the Stick'Air sticker is compulsory, and in France the Angles Morts sticker. But what are they exactly and how do they work? Green-Zones® explains everything you need to know.
Smog alert: Air pollution goes through the roof
Current measurements in Germany and France show elevated levels of particulate matter. Advance warnings are active in Paris and other French cities and departments. The health risk for the population should not be underestimated.
New environmental zone rules in February 2023
This month, transport and climate policy makers in Germany, England and France are again focusing on the introduction or tightening of low emission zone regulations, diesel driving bans and car-free days - with the aim of reducing pollutant emissions on the roads and improving air quality in terms of environmental and health protection. Green-Zones® lists the new rules for February.
