Financial Tribune - A new scheme for curbing traffic and air pollution in the central parts of Tehran has been planned, the director of Tehran Municipality�s Transport and Traffic Organization says.

Mohsen Pourseyyyed Aqaei also told ISNA, �The new scheme named Air Pollution Control will replace the odd-even rule on June 22, which was introduced in 2005.�

APC was proposed by Tehran Transportation Council, after a protracted debate among environmentalists and urban planners about the odd-even rule that has been in place for more than a decade.

According to experts, the old scheme has failed to deliver.

As per the odd-even rule, cars can enter the designated �restricted zone� on alternate days, depending on the odd and even number of the license plate.