Italy: 2 schemes to know about before you drive in.
Rome has 2 driving restrictions on our books: the ZTL Fascia Verde (low emission zone) and the ZTL Centro Storico (limited traffic zone). What is a low emission zone?
Sources last read on 2026-09-02, from Roma Servizi per la Mobilità (Roma Capitale). The next scheduled check is 2026-12-01.
Rome's Fascia Verde is a large low emission zone around the city. Since 1 November 2025 the oldest vehicles may not enter, drive or even park inside it from Monday to Saturday, around the clock, except on midweek public holidays. It bans petrol, LPG and methane cars up to Euro 2 and diesel cars up to Euro 3 — residents' own cars included.
This is a separate scheme from the ZTL in the historic centre, which this record does not cover.
Rome's historic centre is closed to vehicles without a permit for most of the working day: 06:30–18:00 Monday to Friday and 14:00–18:00 on Saturday, public holidays excluded. A separate night-time ZTL closes it 23:00–03:00 on Friday and Saturday nights, and is not active during August. Cameras at the gates read number plates, and this is the scheme that catches visitors who follow a satnav straight into the centre.
It is one of five limited traffic zones in central Rome and is separate from the city-wide Fascia Verde emissions zone.