Driving in Florence

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ZTL - Restricted Traffic Zone 

The entire historic center of Florence (approximately the part located within the 19th century ring-roads, a protected "UNESCO heritage site") is a Zona a Traffico Limitato (ZTL) or restricted traffic zone. Special rules govern access to, as well as transit and parking in this zone.

Non residents* are prohibited from driving and parking within the ZTL at the following time:
- Mondays through Fridays from 7,30 am to 7,30 pm; Saturdays from 7,30 to 6 pm.
- ... and from May 21 to September 25, 2011 also on wednesday, friday, saturday from 11pm to 3am

The boundaries of the ZTL are well marked. At the access points special bilingual displays indicate - with green and red lights - if the access is authorized or not, according to the time. Those points are controlled by cameras that automatically detect the number plates of the vehicles passing through.
Tourists in cars who need to travel within the ZTL to reach their accomodation facilities, or a garage, can obtain a temporary access permit. In order to obtain it permit they have to communicate the number plate of their car to the relevant lhotel (or garage) which will undertake to forward the same to the appropriate office. This permit will be issued just for a maximum of 2 hours (for baggage transport purposes) only on the arrival and departure dates. For the rest of the stay clients should park their car either outside the ZTL, or leave it in a commercial/hotel's own private garage inside the ZTL.
Attention: the transit is always prohibited, 24/7, in the pedestrian areas and reserved lanes for public transport.

Outside the ZTL the town is divided into ZCS zones (Zone a Controllo Sosta-Controlled parking zones), where transit is allowed with no specific restrictions; in this area non-residents may park on the streets only in the blue marked spaces (the white marked spaces are for residents) using the pay-and-display facilities. We remind you the street cleaning 

The disabled, holder of the specific document (‘contrassegno invalidi’/disabled person's pass) who need to drive with their car within the ZTL, have to send an e-mail to upd@serviziallastrada  (tel. 055 40401) enclosing all the requested documents (disabled person's pass, car plate number, copy of the identity card) specyfing the date/s of stay in the city of Florence.

 

More useful links:

See the new ZTL regulation at: Servizi alla Strada (S.A.S)'s website 

 Parkings

In Florence there are many payment parkings located in every part of the city.
www.firenzeparcheggi.it

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