A new legislation in the Czech Republic known as 'emission zones', which enables creating zones to restrict transit of vehicles within municipality, was recently ratified. The city of Brno faces similar problems with air quality as in many other European cities, particularly where a large number of cars produces a lot of emissions. Emission zoning could be one way to eliminate undesirable traffic, mainly cars that produce high levels of air pollutants.
Objectives
- To increase funding for construction and repairs of the traffic infrastructure, including improvements in mass transportation
- To reduce emissions, noise and another negative effects caused by traffic
- To improve road transportation accessibility, to reduce congestion in certain parts of the city, as well as to redefine transport options and schedules
- To create a sample toll system through a pilot project
This measure will contain a study which will verify the feasibility of implementing the emission zone strategy in Brno. It will evaluate costs, efficiency of the system and effectiveness. Longitudinal data on air quality in the city will be measured within the study.