Berlin could ban diesel vehicles from major arterial roads next year, after a court yesterday ordered the German capital to follow in the footsteps of Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart with exclusion zones, News24 claims.
The court ruled that city authorities must order a driving ban for the streets, targeting cars up to the Euro 5 emissions standard.
Local media estimate that this would affect as many as 200 000 cars, some only three or four years old, with some exceptions, including for tradesmen.
Definite exclusion zones include 11 stretches of major arteries, and Berlin must also examine whether driving bans are needed on a further 15km of road.
