Attention: Driving bans in France
Due to increased air pollution, advance warnings have been declared in more than 21 departments. In the north, in Lille, even driving bans are active. Other cities and areas could follow if levels remain high.
Due to increased air pollution, advance warnings have been declared in more than 21 departments. In the north, in Lille, even driving bans are active. Other cities and areas could follow if levels remain high.
Sound is omnipresent. Too much sound is noise and it can have a detrimental effect on our health. In some European countries, noise protection zones are now being introduced to combat the noise caused by traffic even more strongly.
Tyre abrasion is now a major problem for electric cars, especially when it comes to heavy cars. The heavier the vehicle, the greater the abrasion. Thus, although electric cars emit fewer and fewer pollutants, the fine dust from the tyres ends up in the air and on the road.
Last year, France wanted to put its money where its mouth is. The state obliged all large cities with high air pollution to set up a permanent environmental zone, abbreviated in French as ZFE. Not all cities are on schedule with their plans. There are a number of cities that keep postponing the introduction.
Originally, a whole series of new rules and driving restrictions were to come into force in the year that is coming to an end. But the unpredictable pandemic led many municipalities and conurbations to postpone the introduction of an environmental zone or to abandon it altogether because pollution levels had improved. The latter may be directly related to the decreased traffic during the curfews. Nevertheless, we at Green-Zones® show where things are still happening and who will be affected by future driving bans in 2022.
The new Berlin coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the Left has presented its transport plans, drawing inspiration from plans in other countries. The city halls in the districts have also announced their first traffic policy projects. A lot will change for the shopping mile in Schlossstraße in Steglitz.
When the law on climate and its resilience ("Loi Climat et Résilience") was passed in France on 22 August 2021, many were sure that several low emission zones would be created in France this year. But with one month to go before the end of the year, there are still no low emission zones in many places. In part, there are nothing more than bureaucratic reasons for this.
The first winter pollution period was announced in Paris yesterday. The Paris air authority Airparif had predicted on Tuesday that fine particulate matter (PM 10) concentrations would exceed the legal limit of 50 µg/m³ on Wednesday: The concentrations were actually between 55 and 70 µg/m³.
Since the introduction of the Low Emission Zone in Brussels in January 2018, the number of diesel vehicles has decreased significantly. The situation is quite different in France, however, where the first Low Emission Zone was introduced back in 2015.