Did you know that over the next few years, Warsaw will produce half as much exhaust gas?
This is the second city in Poland to introduce a clean transport zone. This time it will be the capital city of Warsaw. The clean transport zone isan area where only vehicles meeting specific exhaust emission standards are allowed. This is a solution that has been practiced in Europe for many years, aimed at improving air quality in cities and caring for the health of residents. There are already over 320 restricted traffic zones in Europe, most in Germany and Italy. Cracow as the first in Poland, it has already adopted a resolution on the creation of such a zone in the city, and its validity will begin in July 2024.
According to the assumption , the clean transport zone in Warsaw will include the following areas:
- the entire districts of Śródmieście, Żoliborz and Praga Północ;
- most of Ochota ( except for the fragment with the Reduta Shopping Center, Mszczonowska Street and the Western Railway Station)
- most of Praga and Południe (except the Olszynka Grochowska area: uninhabited PKP area and nature reserve);
- most of Mokotów (except Sadyba, Stegien, Augustówka and parts of Służewiec);
- approximately half of Wola (to Prymasa Tysiąclecia Avenue).
People living in this areas that pay taxes in Warsaw will be exempt from the obligation to meet the conditions of the zone at the two initial stages of its introduction. The Clean Transport Zone (SCT) rules will only apply to them from January 2028. The restrictions will then include a ban on vehicles with engines driving around the area diesel vehicles older than 13 years and petrol vehicles older than 22 years.
People who bought vehicles after the adoption of the resolution, as well as other residents of Warsaw, will be subject to the previously presented requirements without any changes. From July 2024, they will not be able to move within the clean transport zone using diesel vehicles older than 18 years and petrol vehicles older than 27 years.
Additionally, special exceptions are provided for seniors, i.e. people who will reach the age of 70 by the end of 2023, provided that they already owned their vehicles before the adoption of the Clean Transport Zone (SCT) resolution. As a result, people over 70. years of age who meet certain conditions will be exempt from the rules applicable under SCT for an indefinite period.
We hope that the implementation of the clean transport zone will significantly improve the air quality and, consequently, the lives of Warsaw’s residents .
