Spain's Traffic Chief: Only Public Transport Allowed in City Centers

DGT bans all cars from city centers, including EVs. Official car hypocrisy

Pere Navarro, director of Spain's Traffic Directorate (DGT), sparked controversy by stating, "You won't go to the city center with electric, diesel, or gasoline cars: you'll use public transport." Aligned with private traffic restriction policies, this remark triggered criticism focusing on the hypocrisy of preaching example while using a chauffeured official car.

Hypocrisy of the chauffeured official car

The most circulated fact is that the 73-year-old director does not hold a driving license and uses an armored official car with a chauffeur. "He moves via public transport → armored polluting official car with chauffeur," one participant joked. The contradiction was labeled absurd, leading many to question why he has remained at the DGT helm without retiring.

Electric cars, the big scam

The measure does not distinguish between combustion and electric vehicles, angering battery vehicle buyers. "Those who bought an electric car to join the elite realize they've been scammed," debaters claimed. The sense that clean technology was merely a transition toward banning all private vehicles has taken root.

End of urban centers?

Some argue the logical consequence is abandoning the center: "If I have to go to a mall... you complicate my life... I can buy online." Historic district depopulation and retail death are antiestéticared outcomes. Others, more radical, suggest "never going again" due to growing insecurity.

The debate clarifies that the measure is perceived less as mobility policy and more as an attack on individual freedom. Meanwhile, the director continues commuting in his official car. Cynicism knows no bounds.

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