How to drive your car in Rome? [Full Rome ZTL map for Cars]

Eugene Bulan
Published: 04/11/2024
How to drive your car in Rome? [Full Rome ZTL map for Cars]

The Italian capital has enforced the Limited Traffic Zones (ZTL in the local acronym). In short, they are several regions in the historical center with heavy traffic restrictions. The goal is to reduce the use of motor vehicles in them to protect the historical structure. Let’s give them a closer look.

Rome ZTL for cars

There are specific streets through which you can enter a ZTL. They will always have signs warning you of its traffic conditions: some of them are active only during certain times of the day. You will have to pay close attention to that, because entering them without a permit will bring you a fine.

Now that we learned about ZTL for buses, it is time to check how do those zones work for cars. There are many others, and each of them has its own rules for traffic:

All the ZTL in Rome for cars

ZTL Tridente (A1)

Operating hours (except on public holidays):

  • 06:30 to 19:00, Monday to Friday
  • 10:00 to 19:00 on Saturdays

ZTL Historical center

Daytime operating hours (except on public holidays):

  • 06:30 to 18:00, Monday to Friday
  • 14:00 to 18:00, on Saturdays

Nighttime operating hours (except on public holidays):

  • 23:00 to 03:00, on Fridays and Saturdays
  • In August, the nighttime ZTL is suspended.

ZTL Trastevere

Daytime operating hours (except on public holidays):

  • 06:30 to 10:00 every day

Nighttime operating hours:

  • 23:00 to 03:00 on Fridays and Saturdays (including public holidays)
  • 21:30 to 03:00 on Wednesdays and Thursdays from May to October
  • In August, the nighttime ZTL is suspended.

There is also a speed limit of 30 km/h at nighttime.

ZTL San Lorenzo

Traffic regulations only apply to this ZTL at nighttime:

  • 23:00 to 03:00 on Fridays and Saturdays (including public holidays)
  • 21:30 to 03:00 on Wednesdays and Thursdays from May to October
  • In August, the nighttime ZTL is suspended.

ZTL Testaccio

Traffic regulations only apply to this ZTL at nighttime:

  • 23:00 to 03:00 on Fridays and Saturdays (except for public holidays)
  • In August, the nighttime ZTL is suspended.

Green zone

This is a larger zone where even residents’ vehicles may have their access denied. Here, the goal is to ban older vehicles in order to reduce the atmospheric pollution in the city’s central region:

Motor vehicles
  • Euro 2 or earlier powered by gasoline including LPG and methane (Euro 3 added on November 1st, 2024)
  • Euro 3 or earlier powered by diesel including LPG and methane
Mopeds, microcars and motorcycles
  • Euro 2 and earlier powered by gasoline or diesel
From November 1st to March 31st of each year
  • Euro 4 powered by diesel from 07:30 to 20:30 (Euro 5 added in 2024)
  • Euro 4 N1, N2 and N3 commercial vehicles powered by diesel from 07:30 to 10:30 and from 16:30 to 20:30 (Euro 5 added in 2024)
  • Euro 3 mopeds and diesel motorcycles

Goods delivery and VAM

Traffic regulations only apply to this ZTL at nighttime:

Mopeds, microcars and motorcycles
  • Lorries longer than 7,5 m are not allowed from 17:00 to 00:00 everyday.
Goods delivery restrictions.
  • Euro 4 to 6 lorries with a maximum capacity of 35 q.li are not allowed from 17:30 to 20:00.
  • Euro 4 to 6 lorries with more than 35 q.li of capacity are not allowed from 07:00 to 20:00.
  • Electric, LPG, hybrid, natural gas and twin-propulsion lorries with a capacity of more than 65 q.li are not allowed from 07:00 to 20:00.
  • Euro 3 or earlier lorries are not allowed in those ZTLs.

How to obtain permits?

Now that we have covered all the ZTLs in Rome, we can talk about the permits we can obtain so as to drive in them legally. For non-residents, there is the Transit permit category.

This permit allows you to enter and drive in the ZTL, but not park on the street – you will have to search for a private parking garage. The only exception is for school buses, which can park in front of the institution only for students to board and leave the vehicle.

Fully electric vehicles can circulate freely in this ZTL, while Euro 3 and earlier vehicles cannot do it.

You may issue one permit for each vehicle and parking space available (or one for each student in case of a school bus). It is valid for one year for regular users and up to the end of the school year for school buses.

For trucks, this permit has the following cost:
  • Euro 4: € 2.032,00
  • Euro 5: € 1.452,00
  • Euro 6: € 1.152,00
  • LPG, Hybrid, twin-propulsion: € 392,00
For cars, the cost depends on the engine displacement:
  • Up to 1930.5 cubic centimetres (Fiscal 19 CV)
Petrol and Diesel LPG, methane, hybrid, electric
Residents € 94,00 € 93,50
Historical center (domiciled) € 1.032,00 € 797,00
Trastevere (domiciled) € 532,00 € 422,00
San Lorenzo (domiciled) € 182,00 € 159,50
Testaccio (domiciled) € 94,00 € 93,50
Car owners € 1.032,00 € 797,00
School transit € 282,00 € 234,50
  • From 1930.6 to 2551.1 cubic centimeters (Fiscal 20 to 23 CV)
Petrol and Diesel LPG, methane, hybrid, electric
Residents € 110,00 € 105,50
Historical center (domiciled) € 1.232,00 € 947,00
Trastevere (domiciled) € 732,00 € 572,00
San Lorenzo (domiciled) € 282,00 € 234,50
Testaccio (domiciled) € 110,00 € 105,00
Parking space owners € 1.232,00 € 947,00
School transit € 332,00 € 272,50
  • Above 2551.2 cubic centimeters (Fiscal 24 CV or more)
Petrol and Diesel LPG, methane, hybrid, electric
Residents € 125,00 € 116,75
Historical center (domiciled) € 1.432,00 € 1.097,00
Trastevere (domiciled) € 932,00 € 722,00
San Lorenzo (domiciled) € 432,00 € 347,50
Testaccio (domiciled) € 125,00 € 116,75
Parking space owners € 1.432,00 € 1.097,00
School transit € 382,00 € 309,50

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Eugene Bulan

Eugene Bulan, CEO of BCS Bus Travel, steers the company with not just a keen business mind but a true traveler's spirit. Managing the ins and outs of the company, his days are often filled with making big decisions, ironing out operations, and ensuring each journey offered by BCS is special and seamless for every traveler. It's not just about numbers for him; it’s about crafting experiences, bringing joy to travelers, and ensuring every bus journey feels like a little adventure.

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