Barcelona to ban cars over 20 years old in effort to fight air pollution

‘Barcelona is taking a radical approach to fighting air pollution by banning cars that are more than 20 years old from driving on weekdays. The city is hoping the move will reduce traffic emissions by 30 percent over the course of 15 years.
The poor air quality in Barcelona is said to be behind around 3,500 premature deaths there every year, prompting the city’s Deputy Mayor for the Environment, Urban Planning and Transport, Janet Sanz, to label air pollution “a health problem of the first order.”
The agreement prohibits the use of private cars that were registered before January 1997 and vans that were registered prior to October 1994 on work days, and it will go into effect on January 1, 2019. Starting December 1, however, these cars will be banned from driving during high-pollution periods.’
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