Low-emission zones could ban some cars from parts of central Prague

In a bid to cut air pollution, councillors in the Czech capital Prague are planning to introduce a low emission zone in a wider city centre where cars produced before the first half of the 1990s will not be allowed. Other cars will have to have a US$4.18 (CZK 80) sticker as a proof that they comply with emission limits. There will be exceptions. A final decision is to be made later in 2013, with a validity within a year.
February 22, 2013 Read time: 1 min
In a bid to cut air pollution, councillors in the Czech capital Prague are planning to introduce a low emission zone in a wider city centre where cars produced before the first half of the 1990s will not be allowed. Other cars will have to have a US$4.18 (CZK 80) sticker as a proof that they comply with emission limits. There will be exceptions. A final decision is to be made later in 2013, with a validity within a year.

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