Is this ZTL active right now?
Choose a city and see, zone by zone, whether the limited traffic zone is in force right now in Italian time — or at the moment you plan to arrive — and when that changes.
How it works
Every zone on this site carries a timetable copied from the town’s own ordinance or website. For this tool we converted those timetables, by hand, into a form a program can read: which days, which hours, which months, and whether public holidays change anything. The tool then reads the current time in Italy and tells you, zone by zone, whether the restriction is in force and when that next changes.
It covers 123 towns — every one where we hold published hours — and gives a definite answer for 126 of their 138 zones. The rest are shown in amber with the full timetable, because their hours vary gate by gate or by season in a way we will not reduce to a single red or green.
What the colours mean
- Active The restriction is in force. Without a permit (or, in Milan’s Area C, a paid ticket), a camera fines you for driving past the gate.
- Not active The timetable says the restriction is off. Check the gate panel — it should read varco non attivo.
- Check the signs We will not guess. Read the timetable shown and the sign at the gate.
Pedestrian areas (aree pedonali) are closed to all traffic, with no hours to wait out. Emissions zones such as Milan’s Area B only bind older vehicles; see the guide to Italy’s driving zones.
Use it to plan, not to argue a fine
Timetables change by ordinance, sometimes with a few days’ notice, and individual gates can differ from the zone as a whole. The panel at the gate is the only answer that counts. If you are booked into a hotel inside a zone, ask the hotel to register your plate whatever this tool says — see staying at a hotel inside a ZTL.
Questions
Does a ZTL sign say whether it is active?
Most camera gates have a light panel under the sign. Varco attivo means the camera is recording and you must not drive in; varco non attivo means the restriction is off at that moment. The panel at the gate always beats any timetable, including this one.
Is the time shown my time or Italian time?
Italian time. The tool reads the clock in Rome, whatever time zone your phone is set to, so a visitor planning from New York or London sees the answer for the moment it applies in Italy.
Why is a zone amber instead of red or green?
Amber means we will not give a yes-or-no answer: the hours vary gate by gate, the season dates are re-set each year, or the published timetable has expired. The full timetable is shown so you can judge it yourself, and the signs on the day decide.
Do public holidays count?
Yes. Italy’s national holidays (including Easter Monday) are built in, and the patron-saint day is counted for the cities whose timetables depend on it, such as Rome on 29 June and Florence on 24 June.
Does a green answer mean I can drive in?
Green means the restriction is not in force at that time, according to the timetable we hold. A street may still be one-way, pedestrian or closed for an event, and other rules (emissions zones, parking bans) are separate.