Do not risk the fine for ignorance
Madrid, as usual, will continue to have restrictions on certain vehicles, marked with the environmental badges ordered by the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT).
Thus, and in order to separate the most polluting cars and motorcycles from the electric, hybrid and more modern ones, which generally emit fewer emissions, the new municipal ordinance It has included a series of advances that will try to make the capital a cleaner space by 2025.
With the M-30 as a key territory, the truth is that since 2022 vehicles with distinctive Aas well as not to circulate through it since 2023 and throughout the municipal territory of Madrid from 2024. great news from Almeida in its Madrid 360 that is based on the now extinct Madrid Central that was approved during the legislature of Manuela Carmena. Now, do we really know where we can circulate? We can do it with what is an interactive map that is very interesting so that we do not risk a fine for ignorance.
An interactive map with which to know how to enter Madrid
This can certainly lead to confusion. And it is that Madrid is a city that does not have a single LEZa Low Emission Zone, on the one hand, we have the ZBE of Special Protection: that of Central District (formerly Madrid Central) and that of elliptical square. And for another, Madrid LEZwhich basically directs all of Madrid to be a ZB, completely vetoing those without a label, as is already the case with Barcelona.
This is why it is important to know and take into account considerations so that we do not have any type of problem in our day to day. We see it with Carwow, who have designed an interactive map so that drivers can know exactly which streets they can drive on and which streets they can’t, thus avoiding being caught by an LEZ camera in an oversight.
In the same way, what we have with it is that it allows us to observe the restricted areas by layers and identify exactly the inaccessible areas and streets. For example, and as shown in it, cars without an environmental badge are prohibited from driving on the streets interiors to the M-30 as well as in his own M-30. But there is more, because this is exactly what is indicated in this type of maps.
The regulations oblige to identify and mark all spaces
In the same way, what we have with this tool is that it will also provide us with information on alternative areas in which park off limits of Low Emission zones.
Towards this, and beyond what occurs in the city of Madrid, the Spanish regulations it is quite flexible Regarding the fact that it is each locality that takes the measures it deems appropriate to create the Low Emission Zones, however, the law does include the obligation to identify and label correctly all protected spaces to make it easier for drivers to recognize the space.
With the national standard coming into force on January 1, 2023, Madrid is obviously within the range of towns with more than 50,000 inhabitants that exceed the permitted emission limits, where its size and high pollution They demand stronger measures than in other cities.
In the same way, to unify the reading in all cities, a new vertical traffic sign has been designed that is accompanied by the signs that are authorized to circulate. In addition, each city can take additional measures such as road indicators or more vertical signs.