Stockholm to ban all petrol and diesel cars from city centre

The Sweden’s capital upcoming low-emission zone will only permit use of electric cars and gas cars that meet the Euro 6 emission standards. Euro 6 plug-in hybrid heavy vehicles will also be permitted. The zone is in effect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Violating the rules of the zone is a traffic offence which can result in a police fine of SEK 1,000, i.e. roughly €85.

Air pollution in the city of Stockholm has been a long-standing problem. Medical research shows that children living near Stockholm streets with high emissions have reduced lung function from as early as six months of age.

AllNewTypeFace,
@AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space avatar

The photo is misleading; it is of a pedestrianised square in the Old Town, an area of medieval cobbled streets where cars are restricted to a few roads around the perimeter. The low emission zone will not be in the Old Town but in Norrmalm, to the north of it and across the water.

thanksforallthefish, (edited )

Well it pairs with the misleading headline saying “petrol & diesel cars banned” and then the first sentence of the article says Euro6 ICE are allowed.

I don’t think this media is a very reliable source

BlinkerFluid,
@BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one avatar

I feel sorry for any delivery or moving companies.

sanpo,

Why? They can afford cars that meet Euro 6 standards.

BlinkerFluid, (edited )
@BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one avatar

I mean, maybe, if they aren’t already hurting financially. Maybe per the concepts of capitalism, they don’t deserve to operate if they can’t afford to.

CookieJarObserver,
@CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works avatar

Thats good

Hubi,
@Hubi@feddit.de avatar

Does Sweden have separate rules for “historic vehicles”? I’m asking because in Germany all cars registered as such are allowed to enter these restricted zones regardless of their emission standard.

WhaleScenery,

Same in the UK. I can’t drive through Oxford’s zero emission zone in my wife’s Euro 6 VW Golf without a fine, but I can in my 1967 carburetted Beetle…

Hubi,
@Hubi@feddit.de avatar

Good to know that I can bring my car on holiday then :D

BakedGoods,

A step in the right direction but I would prefer to have all non-essential car traffic banned in the inner city. They take up too much space and are in the way when I’m trying to get to work.

Goodtoknow,
@Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca avatar

And they cite health and lung issues from pollution, but the vast majority of modern car pollution comes from tire and brake dust. washingtonpost.com/…/tire-brake-tailpipes-emissio…

Mad_Punda,

Then it should be mentioned as well that brake dust is vastly reduced for electric vehicles at least, since the can often use regenerative braking without any friction.

anachronist,

Sometimes. But less so in stop and go traffic. Also since BEVs are very heavy tire, road and brake wear are all accelerated.

blueson, (edited )

Hopefully the first step in that direction. I think it’s easier to introduce legislation like this in parts.

If they banned all non-essential car traffic there’d probably be too many complaints. Reducing it partly, similar to how the shitty car structure was introduced, is the best way to keep people on with it

trailing9,

Should be easier to just lock them up into electric cars until they love them.

sudoku,

title says that all petrol and diesel cars are banned, yet it seems that Euro6 is allowed???

luxuslurch, (edited )

“Stockholm’s upcoming low-emission zone will only permit use of electric cars and gas cars that meet the Euro 6 emission standards. Euro 6 plug-in hybrid heavy vehicles will also be permitted.”

sudoku,

I feel like this whole article is a nonsensical mashup. Has anyone even proofread this AI summary?

luxuslurch,

Would be useful if you could give an example of the “nonsensical mashup”. Otherwise it feels like you are simply not ready to process an actually quite trite article.

BolexForSoup, (edited )
@BolexForSoup@kbin.social avatar

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    sudoku,

    oh these policies are great. it’s just piss-poor journalism.

    sudoku,

    first it talks about how everything is banned, then it starts backpedaling about how euro6 ICE cars are allowed. it seems like the first part is copy-pasted from completely different article. at the very least it wasn’t even proofread.

    luxuslurch,

    You need to read what I highlighted.

    30mag,

    I think the policy is not quite as strict as the guy makes it out to be.

    Lars Strömgren, Vice Mayor for Transport and Urban Environment of the City of Stockholm said: … ‘Many cities have implemented low-emission zones where high-emission cars are allowed to drive if they pay a charge. Stockholm’s model is more far-reaching. Petrol and diesel cars are prohibited, period. It is more ‘ultra’ than the ultra low emission zone of London.

    There are caveats to the scheme. While it is primarily intended to allow for only fully electric cars, bigger vans with plug-in hybrid engines will also be allowed, and exceptions will be made for ambulances and police cars, as well as cars in which the driver or passenger has a documented disability.

    theguardian.com/…/stockholm-ban-petrol-and-diesel…

    A so-called class-three environmental zone primarily allows fully electric cars to drive. Exceptions apply for bigger vans, where plug-in hybrid vehicles will be allowed under the regulation.

    Some vehicles are exempted from the regulation, including ambulances and police vehicles as well as cars where the driver or a passenger has a documented disability.

    reuters.com/…/stockholm-ban-petrol-diesel-cars-ci…

    Blaze,
    @Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    Great news for air pollution

    MMNT,

    Not by much unfortunately. Car tires and brakes release very dangerous particles that are even smaller than PM2.5, but considering that the majority of cars are petrol cars, the pool of vehicles should be smaller.

    theodewere,
    @theodewere@kbin.social avatar

    on the contrary i'm sure pollution hates to read news like this

    qooqie,

    Be like goku and go even further beyond, ban all personal, non-emergency cars from the city center.

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