page_title: Milan Area C
hierarchical_section_title: Milan Area C
caption_attribution_description: English: from File:Milan Area C Porta Ticinese gate.JPG. "Area C" sign at Porta Ticinese gate, Milan, Italy.
context_page_description: Area C is a congestion charge active in the city center of Milan, Italy.
  Area C was introduced on 16 January 2012, replacing the previous pollution charge Ecopass.
  It is based on the same designated traffic restricted zone or ZTL, corresponding to the central Cerchia dei Bastioni area. The ZTL encompasses about 8.2 km² and 77,000 residents. The area is accessible through 43 gates, monitored by video cameras.
  Area C started as an 18-month pilot program based on the partial implementation of the results of a referendum that took place on June 2011. The objective of the program was to drastically reduce the chronic traffic jams that take place in the city of Milan, to promote sustainable mobility and public transport, and to decrease the existing levels of smog that have become unsustainable from the point of view of public health.
  Area C was definitively approved as a permanent program on 27 March 2013.
context_section_description: Area C is a congestion charge active in the city center of Milan, Italy.
  Area C was introduced on 16 January 2012, replacing the previous pollution charge Ecopass. 
  It is based on the same designated traffic restricted zone or ZTL (Italian: Zona a Traffico Limitato), corresponding to the central Cerchia dei Bastioni area. The ZTL encompasses about 8.2 km² (3.2 sq mi) and 77,000 residents (4.5% and 6% of the city total, respectively). The area is accessible through 43 gates, monitored by video cameras.
  Area C started as an 18-month pilot program based on the partial implementation of the results of a referendum that took place on June 2011. The objective of the program was to drastically reduce the chronic traffic jams that take place in the city of Milan, to promote sustainable mobility and public transport, and to decrease the existing levels of smog that have become unsustainable from the point of view of public health.  
  Area C was definitively approved as a permanent program on 27 March 2013.
caption: Area C sign
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