In Europe, traffic regulations have been changing in recent years to adapt to European regulations that force cities to have areas in which it is not possible to circulate with too polluting cars. This is something we have seen in the largest cities, such as Madrid, which has had political disputes on this question, although it ended up implementing these areas in which it limits the circulation of certain vehicles.
Now, little by little These regulations are beginning to appear in the applications that we use daily to move from one place to another, like Google Maps. In some places, the application displays new symbols and explanations that clearly show us whether or not we can enter our car, depending on the type of engine and the years it has.
Yes indeed, For the moment, he is seen in cities like Madrid, but not in others like SevilleAlthough it also has areas of low active emissions that involve fines if it circulates with a bad vehicle. It is to be hoped that little, all the ZBE will begin to appear on Google Maps in Europe.
These ZBEs are indicated in the application with A concrete symbol, a black Z with a blue circle. In addition, they only appear when we do a route that crosses an area of this type. In the application itself, the shaded area with the area in which we must only pass if our car responds to the regulations and to the right label.
In the application interface itself appears The name of the ZBE, as well as the type of car that can circulate through the sameAccording to the label we have. In the case of Madrid, we will also have more information on the Madrid 360 website to inform us.
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For the moment, these areas They appear in the mobile application, both for Android and for iOSBut not in the web version. Of course, many of the ZBEs of the more than 100 in Europe are always missing, so we cannot believe that Google Maps will warn us all, at least for the moment. To know all the ZBEs which are active, it is preferable to use the interactive card of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, although it is not very comfortable to use in mobile phones.
