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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.

As of 1 August 2026

There is no sticker for Italy. A ZTL is a permit zone, not an emissions zone — nothing you can buy in advance will get you in. Access is granted by the comune to residents, permit holders and (usually) guests of hotels inside the zone. 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
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Bologna's own zone information: opendata.comune.bologna.it

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

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