Tag: Truck
Truck drivers beware: Italian holiday causes driving bans in Tyrol this week
Attention, truck drivers! Due to a public holiday in Italy, there are some changes this week that you should be aware of. The Federal Ministry for Climate Protection is taking measures to regulate heavy goods traffic in Tyrol with driving bans and closures. So be prepared to exercise patience once again!
Attention! Driving bans in Tyrol
In addition to the existing strict environmental zone, an additional truck driving ban and four block clearance days on tomorrow's public holiday are planned for the Ascension week in Tyrol. Additional driving bans on main and secondary roads in the region are also planned for the coming months to dose traffic. Long traffic jams are to be expected in the Inn Valley and the rest of Tyrol.
California: Ban for diesel-trucks from 2036
The Californian government has decided to ban the registration of diesel trucks - and is thus stricter in its reduction plans for traffic emissions than the EU. Environmental association T&E is now demanding that the European Union also follow suit by 2035.
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.
Germany: Higher truck tolls from 2024
On 1 January 2024, the truck toll for commercial vehicles over 3.5 tonnes is to increase. In this way, the traffic light coalition wants to accelerate work on the motorway network and at the same time financially support the expansion of the railway infrastructure.
Transportation turnaround: EU prevents intermodal freight transport?!
The development of intermodal freight transport, key to the transport turnaround in the logistics sector, is being held back by regulatory and technical hurdles. EU Court of Auditors criticises the lack of a centralised plan for expansion and promotion. What does the EU want to do now to make freight transport more sustainable?
E- and bio-fuels permitted in Germany
Synthetic fuels such as e-fuels and HVO are approved as pure fuels in Germany. What meets with approval from the FDP, meets with criticism from the Greens.
Highway-blockade: Is the Brenner dispute escalating?!
There seems to be no solution in sight to the issue of traffic management on the Brenner Pass. Above all, the volume of lorry traffic is unmanageable for Austria and neighbouring countries. Tyrol's FPÖ leader is calling for the closure of the A13 Brenner motorway in case of emergency and thus for complete truck driving bans.
ULEZ London: fines illegal?!
A long-distance driver received an exorbitant fine for failing to pre-register for access to the London environmental zone. Now he is fighting the fine and forming a class action lawsuit against the British capital.
Italy: Protests against driving bans in Tyrol
Every year, sectoral and night-time transit bans take effect in Tyrol to keep the high volume of traffic under control - to the benefit of citizens and the environment. Every year Austria is criticised by neighbouring countries for exactly this reason. A "Brenner Coordination Group" will now organise large protest actions.