Madrid stems out pollution from cars that are a legacy of Spain's slump
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FUMES belching from ageing cars are part of the legacy of Spain's economic slump, as Madrid steps up its efforts to contain traffic pollution.
Madrid city council last week stopped cars with even-numbered licence plates from entering the central city zone for a day and also imposed speed and parking restrictions as it acted to tackle to traffic pollution made worse by high-pressure weather conditions. One reason for the build-up of fumes is the increased age of Spain's car fleet as owners stopped replacing vehicles during the country's economic slump from 2009 to 2013, said Ricardo Conesa, head of the Automotive Enterprise Programme of IE Business School in Madrid.
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