All municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, island territories and municipalities of more than 20,000 inhabitants, when the limit values established in Law 7/2021 of Climate Change and Energy Transition are exceeded, the Low emissions areas (ZBE). He set limit by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge was 2023, although its implementation is being delayed and many cities They have not yet done their homework.
Getafe He has just left the group of municipalities that the Zbe has not yet launched. The new ordinance has been applied since January 27, although the project, which meets European regulations, will be deployed in seven phases, which will be completed in 2030. For compliance, 120 cameras have been installed both in the perimeter and in the outside area.
However, large cities such as Valencia, Logroño, Vitoria or Santander still do not restrict traffic and bet on a Sustainable mobility. The excuses of the consistories are varied: the initiative is under study, the administrative process has not concluded, the project is receiving allegations or is still in an informative phase (the infraction is communicated, but an economic fine is not imposed).
Cities where the zbe work
Barcelona She was a pioneer in the launch of Las Zbe. The Catalan capital activated this protocol on January 1, 2020 and was followed by a good part of the cities of the metropolitan area. This January sanctioning systems began in new cities in the area such as Viladecans, the Prat de Llobregat, Sant Boi, Gavà and Barberà. In the case of Cerdanyola del Vallès, the municipal government has been the first of the metropolitan area to approve a moratorium to exempt its fines registered until 2028.
In Malaga capital there is also Zbe. These restricted areas entered into force on November 30, 2024 and includes a space of 437 hectares of limited circulation. In Bilbaothe ordinance is also operational and the offenders are sanctioned. It was the first Basque capital to implement it, achieving a reduction of 14 % traffic.
Getafe He has also done duties with the implementation of the ZBE since January 27. The tests were done until September, then received some neighborhood allegations and is now underway with sanctions that can reach 200 euros. All information can be consulted in your Informative Web.
In Madrid Capital they have stayed halfway. The City Council will grant a 12 -month notice period (from January 1 to December 31, 2025) to inform citizens of the prohibition of circulation through the city of cars, motorcycles and merchandise vehicles without environmental label (the type a) registered in the city. At the moment, there will be no restrictions for cars with environmental label B, which can continue to circulate. There are also exceptions for vehicles used for the transfer of people with reduced mobility (PMR), historical, emergency and armed forces.
Cities where the zbe still does not work
Vigo continues to postpone the entry of the Zbe: there is no date and would only be limited to the pedestrian areas of the historic center. The City of Valencia has approved a calendar Escalado for the application of the new Zbe Ordinance, which includes moratoriums for the most polluting vehicles of the city of the city and peoples affected by the Dana. In 2025 he will be in an informative phase, although it is expected that it enters into force in December of this year.
Palma is also in Test mode. The year started with the implementation of the first phase of the ZBE, which is delimited by the historic center only, but no sanctions will be imposed until next year and will be developed in phases until 2030. Logroño believes that the ordinance will be in force in 2026 .
The Santander City Council is collecting data with sensors to know what the city points would be with the most pollution and the forecast is that it is operational at the end of this year. In Castilla y León, Palencia, León or Soria still have to approve in full their respective Zbe. In Castilla-La Mancha It has not entered into force in any of the five provincial capitals, although they all plan to do so in 2025.
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