prohibition of private vehicles according to their enrollment will be reversed "for the improvement of NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) and forecasts" favorable climate, wrote the city hall on his Twitter account.
(AFP).- The Mayor of Madrid announced the lifting on Friday of the restriction of a partial transit of vehicles by the Spanish capital a day after entering into force, to reduce levels of pollution.
The prohibition of private vehicles according to their enrollment will be reversed "for the improvement of NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) and forecasts" favorable climate, wrote the city hall on his Twitter account.
Thursday was the first time it was applied in Spain this constraint, used in other major cities in the world, that allows the flow in terms of days and the last digit of the plate of enrollment.
In the Spanish capital, with 3.2 million people and 1.8 million cars, the measurement is automatically applied if the rate of nitrogen dioxide exceeds a certain threshold according to a protocol municipal pollution.
Motorcycles, hybrid vehicles, occupied by three people or those carrying people with reduced mobility were exempt from the restriction, like public transport, taxis, emergency services or waste collection trucks.
The measure implemented by the mayor and directed by the leftist Manuela Carmena was criticised by the opposition right-wing, who called it "ideological"
Juan Ignacio Zoido, the minister of Interior of the government of conservative Spanish, said this Thursday to journalists to not know the parameters used by Madrid, but warned against "improvisations" and "occurrences" in the public management.
Friday will remain in effect banning non-residents from parking in the centre of the town, until the contamination decrease to acceptable levels, officials in madrid.
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