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Bologna

Run by Comune di Bologna

You cannot drive here without a permit

Bologna has 14 restricted areas you may not enter without authorisation.

Source last updated by Comune di Bologna on 26 August 2021 · we checked 2 August 2026

This is the authority's data, and they haven't republished it since 26 August 2021. The boundary may still be exactly right — most don't move for years. We show the date because a rule can change without the open data changing with it — we have seen an authority announce a new charge on its own website while the matching dataset sat untouched for three years. Check Comune di Bologna's own page before you travel.
There is no national sticker for Italy. A ZTL is a permission zone, not an emissions zone: there is no vignette you can buy that admits you anywhere, the way Crit'Air or the Umweltplakette does. Access is granted zone by zone by the comune — to residents, permit holders and (usually) guests of hotels inside the zone. Permission is usually granted rather than sold, but some comuni are starting to sell annual ZTL permits outright — so check with the comune rather than assuming there is nothing to pay. If you have booked a hotel in the centre, ask them to register your plate before you arrive.

What's restricted in Bologna

Type of restrictionAreas
Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)14
Hours are not published in these datasets. Many Italian ZTLs operate only at certain times, and some only at night — but the comune does not include that in the open data, so we will not state it. Check the sign at the gate or the comune's own page before entering.

The zones that matter most

The emissions ban, the charge zone and the limited-traffic zones — the restrictions most likely to catch a visiting driver.

  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna — Mura Di Porta S.Felice, Giard.Decorato Valore Civile, Via Graziano
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna — Piazza Giosue' Carducci, Via S.Giuliano
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna — Via Del Borgo Di S.Pietro, Via Capo Di Lucca, Via Quirino Majorana
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna — Via Giovanni Brugnoli
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna — Via Pompeo Scipione Dolfi, Via Graziano
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna — Via San Rocco, Via Alfonso Rubbiani, Via Solferino
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna — Via Ugo Bassi
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna 25
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna 42
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna 43
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna 44
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna 45
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna 46
  • Limited-traffic zone (ZTL)ZTL Bologna 47
How to get permission

There is no national portal and nothing to order in advance. Permits are issued by Comune di Bologna, usually to residents and businesses inside the zone. Visitors normally get access one of two ways: a hotel inside the zone registering your plate for the nights you stay, or a temporary permit applied for directly with the comune. If nobody has registered your plate, assume you may not enter.

The published boundary

This is Comune di Bologna's own geometry, not our tracing of it.

Boundaries follow specific streets and the entrances are camera-controlled, so check the sign before you rely on being just outside.

14published boundaries
Open Bologna in OpenStreetMap →

Bologna's own zone information: opendata.comune.bologna.it

Source & licence: CC BY 4.0 — Comune di Bologna.

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