Malta has an Urban Tolling Scheme in the capital Valetta.
Urban Access Regulations in Europe
Malta has an Urban Tolling Scheme in the capital Valetta.
Lithuania has a Urban Tolling Scheme in the city of Kaunas.
Riga has two Access Regulations and Jurmala has a Charging Scheme in place.
Ireland has one Access Regulation in place, a restriction on heavy goods vehicles with over 5 axles in Dublin.
Hungary has an Access Regulation in Budapest for all types of vehicles. There are tolls that are cheaper for cleaner vehicles.
Budapest also has an Emergency Scheme in place that is activated when certain air quality limits are exceeded.
Athens has had an odd and even number plate scheme outside the summer months for some time.
Now cleaner vehicles are exempted, to give it aspects of a Low Emission Zone.
Thessaloniki also has a low emission zone that applies to diesel vehicles > 2.2t.
The United Kingdom (UK) has:
There is a single travel planner for the UK, called Traveline. It is provided by public transport and city authorities. There are also regional versions of this travel planner, and many cities also have their own services from their website. For London use TfL's website
Geneva in Switzerland has an Emergency Scheme.
Various mountain holiday resorts have Access Regulations. The mountain holiday resorts are car-free, so that the mountain air and experience can be really enjoyed. Temporary motorcycle noise bans also exist in Switzerland.
Sweden has a national framework with Low Emission Zones in 8 cities. These LEZs only apply to lorries and buses. The only exception to this national framework is Stockholm, whose LEZ has also been affecting cars since 1 January 2020.
The low emission zone framework means that only the location varies from city to city.
The Charging Schemes (Congestion Road Tolls) are implemented through a national scheme and are very similar, but not identical.
From 2024 there will also be a zero emission zone in Stockholm in place. The Swedish national framework categorizes it under low emission zone class 3.
Sweden also has various Access Regulations such as studded tyre bans, lorry regulations and a car & coach free zone.
Bucharest and Suceava have Access Regulations in force.
The Spanish Congress approved the Climate Change Act requires municipalities with more than 50.000 inhabitants will have to implement an LEZ by 2023. This affects 7 out of 10 Spanish cities. The law requires 158 cities to implement a low emission zone, which can be restricting older vehicles or restricting all vehicles – both will lower emissions. The national framework allows for a ZEV + PHEV standard. As soon as the cities have confirmed, they will be posted on our website, however, some cities may choose to lower emissions using other methods, and may therefore not implement an LEZ.
Spain has Low Emission Zones, Emergency Schemes and Access Regulations.
It is voluntary for Spanish vehicles to have a sticker, but it may practical to have a sticker, so you do not get stopped to show your papers.
It is not possible for foreign vehicles to get Spanish LEZ stickers. Some websites offer Spanish LEZ stickers to foreign vehicles – but do not buy them they are not official or valid. Barcelona requires foreign vehicles to register (here).
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