All cities in Spain that will have restricted traffic zones: entry restrictions

The ability to access the city center by any means has an expiration date. The new one Climate Change Act established a new era of low-emissions zone.

Just over a decade ago, the idea of ​​restricting traffic for ecological reasons in Spain was seen as something remote.

While some Northern European countries have begun to implement initiatives with the aim of taking care of the environment, such as London or Hamburg, where less polluting models have benefited (Toyota electric hybrids), in our country we have ended up copying a model which each time was extended again for Europe: The center of Madrid and the restricted traffic zone of Barcelona.

In parallel with the implementation of these measures, the environmental pressure on the automotive sector is steadily increasing with data consolidating these initiatives. Indeed, in most Spanish cities, the vast majority of cities did not meet the scale of the World Health Organization (WHO).

However, until now, the phenomenon of restricted traffic zones had not spread in Spain.

Which cities will have restricted traffic zones?

From the entry into force of 22 May 2021 of the d Law on climate change and ecological transitionthe situation in Spain has changed considerably.

In accordance with the regulations, from 2023 a large number of Spanish cities must have a restricted traffic zone. The article 14 of the Law indicates the following populations:

• Municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants
• island territories
• Municipalities with more than 20 inhabitants that exceed certain emission limits:

The first group of cities comprises approx 149 Spanish municipalities bringing together 25 million people. This implies that the average will affect the entire national park.

The municipalities concerned are the following:

• Andalusia: Alcalá de Guadaira, Algeciras, Almería, Benalmádena, Cádiz, Chiclana de la Frontera, Córdoba, Dos Hermanas, El Ejido, El Puerto de Santa María, Estepona, Fuengirola, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, La Línea de la Concepción, Linares, Málaga, Marbella, Mijas, Motril, Roquetas de Mar, San Fernando, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Seville, Torremolinos, Utrera, Vélez and Málaga
• Aragon: Huesca and Zaragoza
• Asturias: Avilés, Gijón, Oviedo and Siero
• Balearic Islands: Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza and Calvià
• Cantabria: Santander and Torrelavega
• Castile and León: Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Ponferrada, Salamanca, Segovia, Valladolid and Zamora
• Canary Islands: Arona, Arrecife, Granadilla de Abona, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Telde and Santa Lucía de Tirajana
• Castilla-La Mancha: Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Talavera de la Reina and Toledo
• Catalonia: Badalona Barcelona, ​​​​Castelldefels, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Cornellà de Llobregat, Girona, Granollers, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Lleida, Manresa, Mataró, Mollet del Vallès, Reus, Rubí, Sabadell, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Cugat del Vallès , Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Tarragona, Terrassa, Viladecans, Vilanova and Geltrú
• Valencian Community: Alicante, Alcoi Benidorm, Castellón de la Plana, Elche, Gandía, Orihuela, Paterna, Sagunto, San Vicente del Raspeig, Torrent, Torrevieja, Villareal and Valencia
• Extremadura: Badajoz, Cáceres and Mérida
• Galicia: A Coruña, Ferrol, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo
• La Rioja: Logrono
• Madrid: Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Aranjuez, Arganda del Rey, Boadilla del Monte, Collado Villalba, Colmenar Viejo, Coslada, Fuenlabrada, Getafe, Leganés, Madrid, Majadahonda, Móstoles, Parla, Pinto, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Rivas Vaciamadrid , Las Rozas de Madrid, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Torrejón de Ardoz and Valdemoro
• Murcia: Murcia, Cartagena, Lorca and Molina de Segura
• Navarre: Pamplona
• Basque Country: Baracaldo, Bilbao, Getxo, Irún, San Sebastián and Vitoria
• Ceuta and Melilla