Impact

ZBE one year later: 5% less polluting traffic and 387 suggestions

June 14, 2025

Source: Deia

Mobility and micromobility continue to transform Bilbao's streets. In small, unnoticed ways, there are pedestrianizations, urban elevators, speed limits, bike lanes... Everything adds up. Because in this equation, the result is always positive. Even when analyzing the implementation of all these measures together or separately.

The latest example relates to the implementation of the first phase of the famous Low Emission Zones (LEZ) in the city center. On average, 3,000 fewer vehicles have entered the zone each day; this means that environmental and noise pollution have also been reduced in parallel. The data, as Nora Abete summarized, "places us on a positive trend and shows us the path to follow." According to the reading of license plates and labels recorded by the City Council's cameras at the entrances to the LEZ, during the month of May, 6.64% of vehicles entering had a 0 sticker; 16.83% had a different Eco sticker; 50.99% had a C sticker; 18.72% had a B sticker; and 3.15% were vehicles without a sticker. The remainder were foreign vehicles.

Access to the complete news

Galicia accelerates towards the future with a historic 1.310 million R&D&I plan

INCIBE Launches the Fourth Call for Proposals for Public Procurement of Innovation in Cybersecurity

Civil UAVs Initiative: new high-tech infrastructure for CIAR

Xunta will select its strategic partners in security, defense and aerospace by the end of the year

The Galician Government will deploy a sea energy and storage innovation pole in Ferrol

Galicia to build green energy 'treasure' ten kilometers offshore

Digizity video presented: the smart, connected and efficient bus that runs through Zaragoza

AI in search of zero defects in industrial processes

Madrid City Council launches an institutional test bed to promote urban innovation

South African government opens calls for bids for fifth round of renewable energy procurement