Name of the environmental zone: Environmental zone Gouda ZEZ - Netherlands
Date of entry into effect of the zone: 01-01-2025
Type of environmental zone: permanently valid; 0:00 - 24:00h
Not allowed to drive (temporarily): Information currently unavailable
Not allowed to drive (permanently): Only for commercial vehicles
Initial registration > 01.01.2025
Vehicle type: light trucks (N1), trucks (N2), heavy trucks (N3)
Fuel type: all, except electric/hydrogen
Only for commercial vehicles
Initial registration < 01.01.2025
Type of vehicle: small vans (N1), trucks (N2), heavy trucks (N3)
Fuel type: all, except electric/hydrogen
Euronorm: 0-4 (N1), 0-5 (N2 > 01/01/2020 Initial registration, N3 > 01/01/2017 Initial registration)
Fines: 100€ - 300€
Area/extension of the environmental zone: The zone affects a large part of the city centre
Special features: License plate capture through cameras
Contact of the environmental zone and exceptions: Mail: redactie@opwegnaarzes.nl
Gemeente@gouda.nl
Tel: 140182
Exemptions: Fire brigade, Vintage car older than 40 years, Police car, Residents (registration/application necessary), Disabled vehicle (registration/application necessary), Patient transport (registration/application necessary), Showcar for e-g. fairs (registration/application necessary), Removal van (registration/application necessary), Circus caravan (registration/application necessary) and Ambulance
What is a Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ)?
ZEZ stands for "Zero Emission Zone", which in German means "Null-Emissions-Zone". A ZEZ is a specific area in a city or region where only zero-emission vehicles are allowed. This means that only electric vehicles, hydrogen vehicles, and other alternative-powered vehicles that emit no pollutants are allowed in these zones.
The introduction of ZEZs is part of an effort to improve air quality in cities and regions and reduce the impact of air pollution on residents' health. By restricting access to these zones by vehicles with high emissions, air quality is improved.
Some cities and regions have already begun implementing ZEZs, while others have planned to do so in the near future. Examples of cities that have planned ZEZs include London, Madrid, and Paris.
It should be noted that the introduction of ZEZs not only improves air quality, but also helps to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is also a way to support the transportation transition by encouraging the use of electric vehicles and other zero-emission vehicles.
Do I need stickers or registrations?
No. Here you do not need to buy a sticker or apply for registration. You only have to follow the rules of entry.
Our Green-Zones App helps you to avoid penalties.
How do I recognize the low emission zone?
Unfortunately there are no exact street signs known. Therefore it is difficult to know when you are in the environmental zone.
Our Green-Zones App helps you to avoid penalties.
Good to know...
All current driving bans and further information are available in our Green-Zones App.
Are night-time environmental zones coming?
The Berlin Green Party recently presented a proposal to equalise the traffic congestion in the capital. The idea is to shift delivery and commercial traffic to the night-time hours. According to Antje Kapek, transport spokesperson for the Greens, this proposal should help to ensure that delivery vehicles, refuse collection, care services and doctors get stuck less in congested and parked-up streets during the day. Low-noise and low-emission lorries could increasingly drive into cities at night and on special routes.
Bicycle instead of car - Paris in transition
A study by a public foundation has shown that more than one in ten journeys in Paris and the surrounding area are made by bicycle. This is a remarkable increase compared to 14 years ago, when less than one in thirty journeys were made by bike. Paris seems to have been endeavouring to change its transport policy for years. With more cycle paths and cycle lanes, fewer car parks and higher parking charges, the city is trying to promote cycling and reduce car traffic. But what does this mean for the existing low emission zone?