Come 2025, Sweden's capital city of Stockholm plans to forbid diesel- and gas-powered vehicles from entering the central part of downtown to cut down on emissions.
The area bordered by four streets in Stockholm's center, which cover roughly 20 blocks, will become a so-called environmental zone class 3, according to a report by SVT, a national news outlet in Sweden.
That zone classification means no diesel or gas vehicles will be permitted to drive within it.
It will be Stockholm's first environmental zone class 3, but the plan is to ultimately expand it beyond that 20-block area.
Stockholm is not the first to test low-emission areas, but this all-out ban is one of the boldest moves by a major European capital.
Persons:
Transport Lars Strömgren
Organizations:
Transport, SVT
Locations:
Sweden's, Stockholm, Stockholm's, Sweden, London, Brussels, Oslo