Rome to ban diesel cars from city centre by 2024
by Reuters from Environment | The Guardian on (#3GZGN)
Mayor announces 'strong measures' to tackle pollution in Italy's traffic-clogged capital
Rome, one of Europe's most traffic-clogged cities and home to thousands of ancient outdoor monuments threatened by pollution, plans to ban diesel cars from the centre by 2024, its mayor has said.
Virginia Raggi announced the decision on her Facebook page on Tuesday, saying: "If we want to intervene seriously, we have to have the courage to adopt strong measures".
Continue reading...