Published November 14, 2026. Checked against ATM's Area B portal on November 14, 2026.
Every vehicle banned from Milan's Area B gets 5 free days a year from the second year of its ban: since October 1, 2026, they are deducted automatically, with no need to register the plate. Also from the second year of the ban, Milan residents get 20 more free days a year for their passenger vehicles, and businesses, organizations and associations with an operating site in Milan get 20 more for their goods vehicles. Since October 1, 2026, these 20 days are used through automatic detection, which you switch on in the Area B portal after registering the plate. In a vehicle's first year of a ban, only the 50 free days it gets automatically apply, and no other days are added to them.
Free days (giornate di libero accesso) are days on which a banned vehicle may still enter and drive in Area B. Area B is active Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM, except on public holidays. There is no ticket: vehicles that are allowed in enter free.
| Year of the vehicle's ban | Free days a year | What you need to do |
|---|---|---|
| First year | 50 per vehicle | Nothing: they are given automatically, with no registration |
| From the second year | 5 per vehicle | Nothing: since October 1, 2026, they are deducted automatically, with no need to register the plate |
| From the second year, for Milan residents (wherever they live in Milan, also outside Area B) | 20 more on top of the 5, per resident, for the passenger vehicles they register | Register the plate on the Area B portal and turn on automatic detection (possible since October 1, 2026): only entries after that count |
| From the second year, for businesses, organizations and associations with an operating site in Milan | 20 more on top of the 5, for each of them, for the goods vehicles they register | As for residents |
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Sources: ATM's Area B portal, Novità (news, in Italian, read November 14, 2026) · ATM's Area B portal, F.A.Q. (in Italian, read November 14, 2026) · ATM, Area B e Area C (in Italian, read November 14, 2026). ATM is Milan's transport company.