Madrid to allow city centre access for cars carrying three or more passengers

MADRID council are relaxing their city centre car ban to permit access for vehicles carrying three or more passengers and for motorbikes.

Taxis will also be allowed to park in previously prohibited blue sections of the city centre to wait for customers.

Prior to this they were only allowed if they were already occupied.

Last November, the Spanish capital brought in parking restrictions for non-residents to battle air pollution.