Polluting gases

Measures to be activated

Public transport

Public transport is reinforced by increasing its frequency.

See your journey

T-Aire

Get your T-Aire card for travelling around the city.

Find out how you can get it

Special rates

See the special rates that apply to green and blue zones

Advice in the case of a pollution episode with traffic restrictions

Use a bicycle

If you have no alternative but to use a private vehicle, share it or combine its use with public transport.

Choose public transport

Use public rather than private transport.

Share vehicles

Control the temperature in buildings

Regulate the temperature in your house or workplace, avoiding excessive heat or cold.

Air your home

Air your home at times when there is less traffic on the streets.

Reduce intense physical activity

Reduce intense physical activity, especially outdoors. Avoid doing if you are part of the vulnerable population *

* Older people, people with heart or respiratory diseases, children and pregnant women.

How do we know it's happening?

In the case of a pollution episode with traffic restrictions (due to NO2) which involves increased public transport and restrictions on using the most polluting vehicles, the City Council will provide information through its municipal citizen information and advice channels by 3 pm on the same day that the Government of Catalonia declares the pollution episode, and the mobility measures will come into force the day after, from 7 am to 8 pm. Information messages will also be displayed in advance on variable information panels located within the city and on city access roads; vertical signage will be installed on the city's Ring Roads and in the surrounding area to inform drivers. The measures are maintained for complete days (from 7 am to 8 pm) until the Government of Catalonia issues its deactivation notice.

Barcelona City Council has activated the NO2 pollution-episode with traffic restriction phase of its Action Protocol for high levels of atmospheric pollution in Barcelona city, in accordance with the alert issued by the Government of Catalonia.

The declaration of a pollution episode with traffic restrictions may occur when it is forecast that pollution levels could rise above the established threshold limits within 48 hours.

Further information on the airenet.gencat.cat website.