Not a week goes by that we don’t talk reality around the ZFE, low emission zones.

And for good reason, these limitations traffic irritate motorists and cities are increasingly reluctant apply them.

Until the results consultation of citizens about EPZs will be published within a month JuneMetropolises rebel against wish government

Lack of control

The first way insurgent against the government, it is through absence in the controls.

And if Marcel delivered 400 fines in 4 months, the city of Nice ordered your police do not perform there is no control about EPZ. finally, some cities do checks but don’t talk about it moment.

Situation which is not appreciated by the government it intends to put in place camera able to read license plates.

If in theory this system should arrive mid 2024, the reality is likely to be quite different. For the president of the Strasbourg metropolis, the deadline will be extended for a year :

“The state has announced to us that there will be no operational controls on ZFE until at least 2025.”

Flexibility and exceptions

Looking forward to learning more metropolis are more flexible and offer exceptions polluting cars.

This is why we find in Lyons, Strasbourg, and Toulouse, a ZFE passport. This allows motorists not having the correct Crit’Air sticker to distribute 52 days per year in the city.

For its part, Montpellier created another transfer: “Little Wheeler”. Following the same idea as the ZFE pass, this one allows motorists travel less than 8,000 km per year in ZFE.

We will remind, at the moment almost 40% households cannot buy environmentally friendly car, both electric cars are overrated.

The upcoming EPZ calendar

In the meantime, the government and megacities have set a schedule for ZEP:

• Marseille : Crit’Air 3 ban (cars and trucks). From September 1, 2024 along the inner perimeter of ring boulevards.

• Lyon : prohibition of Crit’Air 4 (passenger transport) From 1 January 2024 within the inner perimeter of the Laurent-Bonneau ring road.

• Grenoble : ban Crit’Air 3 and 4 (private vehicles). From January 1, 2024, in the perimeter of the city, as well as 13 neighboring municipalities.

• Montpellier : ban on Crit’Air 4 (car) and Crit’Air 3 (truck). From January 1, 2024, within the city, as well as 11 neighboring municipalities.

• Reims : prohibition of Crit’Air 3 vignettes (cars and commercial vehicles). From January 1, 2024, within the city limits.

• Strasbourg : prohibition of Crit’Air 4 vignettes (cars and commercial vehicles). From January 1, 2024, within the perimeter of the municipalities of the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg.

• pleasantly : prohibition of Crit’Air 4 vignettes (cars and commercial vehicles). From January 1, 2024, in the perimeter of the hypercenter and English embankment.