Measures to improve air
Starting with 01.01.2020, the Bucharest City Hall decided to restrict traffic for vehicles with a maximum authorized total mass of less than 5 tons. Thus, traffic is restricted daily, from Monday to Friday, except for legal holidays, between 07.00 and 22.00.
The restrictions apply as follows:
Electric, hybrid or Euro 5 and Euro 6 pollution standard cars circulate without restrictions on all roads.
Vehicles with Euro 3 pollution standards can circulate on all roads of the municipality only after purchasing an Oxigen electronic vignette, and vehicles with Euro 4 pollution standards, starting on 01.01.2021.
Vehicles with non-Euro, Euro 1 and Euro 2 pollution standards are prohibited from entering the Air Quality Action Zone (ZACA), and can only circulate on the rest of the city's roads after purchasing an Oxigen electronic vignette.
The amounts derived from the collection of the Oxygen vignette are income for the budget of the Municipality of Bucharest and will be used with priority for works, investments and projects in the field of environmental protection and urban mobility, which directly or indirectly contribute to improving transport conditions and air quality.
The Integrated Air Quality Plan (IAP) for Bucharest Municipality aims to reduce the level of pollutants in the air as soon as possible, bringing their concentrations within the permitted limit values, according to European Union requirements, with effects on the health of the capital's residents.
Complex investments and projects have been foreseen that lead to a significant change in the trend of using polluting systems in the field of transport, energy production and in the thermal heating sector of buildings.
Major projects that can significantly influence air quality in the Bucharest-Ilfov region:
Implementation of the traffic management system in Bucharest;
Modernization of the Bucharest Transport Company's fleet, through the purchase of 400 new buses, Euro 6;
Achizitionarea de vehicule la standarde europene, moderne si nepoluante pentru dotarea transportului public de calatori – 100 de tramvaie noi, 100 de troleibuze noi, modernizarea a 100 de tramvaie, achizitia a 100 de autobuze electrice si a 130 de autobuze hibrid;
Finalizing measures to improve public transport by metro by implementing a new charging system compatible with STB SA;
Creating a bicycle lane on the main boulevards of the capital and introducing a public bicycle transportation system; providing bicycle vouchers.
