From this Wednesday, Madrid applies new restrictions on the circulation with vehicles after the entry into force of the Low Emissions Zone of the Central District Special Protection, which will prohibit access in practically the entire district to those who lack the DGT environmental label: diesel registered before 2006 or gasoline before 2000.
With this new municipal regulation, the city will progressively have a large Low Emission Zone to improve air quality and Madrid Central, one of the projects promoted by the previous mayor, Manuela Carmena, will disappear.
However, the prohibition of crossing the area to vehicles with environmental classification B and C is maintained, although they may enter if they park in a parking lot for public or private use.
Drivers will have two months to adapt to the new regulations, since the Central District starts up in the warning phase during this time for telematic control since the camera system is operational with the new changes introduced by the Sustainable Mobility Ordinance (OMS), the development of new systems and tests for their correct operation.
In other words, the Madrid City Council will not issue sanctions to vehicles that have been captured telematically committing an offense during the next two months.
The holders will receive a communication of a merely informative nature with the reasons that have motivated the sanction, the date foreseen for its effective operation and the amount.
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Access not allowed to the Central District Low Emissions Zone constitutes a minor traffic offense, in accordance with the provisions of articles 18 and 75.c), and may be sanctioned in accordance with articles 80.1 and 81 of the Traffic Law, Circulation of Motor Vehicles and Road Safety with 90 euros [45 euros if it is for prompt payment].
During this transition period, drivers are not exempt from being able to be sanctioned by law enforcement officials for breach of the ordinance.
In fact, the Environment and Mobility Area has established a special surveillance operation made up of mobility agents to ensure compliance with the ordinance.
The troops will be located in 15 posts in the central district.
As a novelty, the treatment of merchants and residents for access and circulation within the limited area is equated. Due to computer adjustments, the entry and circulation of cars whose business, professional or commercial activity is carried out in a local or office located inside the downtown district or takes place in the municipal markets located in said area and those of the people invited by These will not come into force for another three months, that is, on December 22.
Central District maintains access and circulation criteria very similar to those of Central Madrid, but incorporates other novelties such as that those registered with vehicles domiciled outside of Madrid lose their access permit;
new more restrictive schedules for the vehicles of professional companies that provide services or deliver and collect supplies in the Low Emission Zone;
or new access hours for motorcycles, which may circulate until 10 pm.
Also, the workshops located in the affected area and the collective of the bar association cease to be able to authorize A vehicles, as well as the night workers.
On the other hand, the access exception for vehicles of environmental classification B with an MMA of less than 3,500 kilos is extended for one more year.
There are, in addition, other criteria for access to the area that provide for certain exceptions that affect residents, companies and the self-employed, people with reduced mobility, public services, transport of students to educational centers and other groups and cases.
Application schedule
The municipal regulations will restrict access and circulation to vehicles A progressively from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2025. The application calendar, according to the three territorial rings that includes that, from January 1, 2022, access and circulation on urban public roads inside the M-30, excluding the M-30 itself, is prohibited for all vehicles that are not domiciled in Madrid.
Since January 1, 2023, these same vehicles are prohibited from accessing and circulating on urban public roads within the M-30 and the M-30 itself;
Since January 1, 2024, access and circulation on all urban public roads in the Madrid ZBE area of the aforementioned vehicles is prohibited;
and from January 1, 2025, the 2024 ban also extends to A domiciled in Madrid.
Affected areas
Downtown District includes the neighborhoods of Palacio, Embajadores, Cortes, Justicia, Universidad and Sol. Its perimeter is delimited by the following roads: Alberto Aguilera street, Ruiz Jiménez roundabout, Carranza street, Bilbao roundabout, Sagasta street, Alonso Martínez square , Calle Genova, Plaza de Colón, Paseo de Recoletos, Plaza de Cibeles, Paseo del Prado, Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo, Plaza del Emperador Carlos V, Ronda de Atocha, Ronda de Valencia, Embajadores roundabout, Ronda de Toledo, roundabout of the Puerta de Toledo, Ronda de Segovia, Cuesta de la Vega, Calle Mayor, Calle Bailén, Plaza de España, (side continuation of the Cuesta de San Vicente), Calle Princesa and Calle Serrano Jover. Circulation for all types of vehicles is allowed on these roads, but not inside.
Likewise, the following streets can be crossed without being penalized: Santa Cruz de Marcenado (from Serrano Jover street to Mártires de Alcalá street); Martyrs of Alcalá; Nobles Seminary; Gran Vía de San Francisco avenue; Bailen; Algeciras; Ramón costs; Ventura Rodríguez street (from Princesa street to Duque de Liria street), and Duque de Liria (from Ventura Rodríguez street to Princesa street).
The new Sustainable Mobility Ordinance establishes the creation of three low-emission zones through camera control.
On the one hand, in its article 22, it establishes the figure of the Low Emission Zones of Special Protection Downtown District and Plaza Elíptica, two territorial areas that present aggravated problems of environmental pollution.
The first begins tomorrow and Plaza Elíptica, which restricts access and circulation exclusively to A vehicles, will do so by the end of the year.
Bicycles and scooters
Bicycles will be able to circulate through tunnels and Personal Mobility Vehicles (VMP) such as scooters will be able to do so through multimodal lanes [lane with speed limited to thirty kilometers per hour or less], as long as they make use of the approved helmet and are illuminated as shown. contemplated in the General Traffic Regulations.
In addition, three sections are included in the article to regulate the safety distance that motor vehicles must keep with respect to the VMP: five meters of distance if driving behind them, change lanes to overtake them and the VMP are allowed to use the lane of the roundabout that they need to become more predictable without the rest of the vehicles cutting off their path, in turn they have to slow down.
It incorporates the prohibition of parking in the pedestrian area of the collective public transport stops and of the reserves for the parking of vehicles of people with reduced mobility and in the areas of pedestrian access to waste collection containers.
The speed for motor vehicles is limited to 20 km / h on urban roads that have a single platform of carriageway and sidewalk when there are separating elements between them (bollards) and 15 km / h when there are none.
The speed of vehicles in school environments is also lowered to 20 km / h.
Motorcycle parking
Motorcycles can still be parked on the sidewalks when the urbanity requirements established by the previous regulations are met.
However, there are three novelties, as explained by the sector's employer, Anesdor:
- If there is a parking strip, park more than 80 centimeters from the curb (to ensure that cars can open the door).
- You will not be able to park 20 meters before a bus stop or 5 meters after, in the direction of travel (so as not to hinder users if there is a waiting line).
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Scootersharing scooters will
not be able to park on the sidewalk if there is a reservation for scooters on the road less than 100 meters away (this does not apply to private scooters).