Road transport

Temporary traffic restrictions will be in place on Vouliagmenis Avenue, a key route from central Athens to the southern seaside suburbs, starting Saturday and continuing until November 22 due to ongoing roadwork.

The measures, which will affect traffic 24 hours a day, will be implemented in stages. 

In a sweeping move to curb traffic violations, Athens will install 388 cameras at major intersections across the Attica region to capture red-light violations, aiming to reduce accidents and enhance road safety.

Bulgarian taxi drivers are set to stage a national protest on November 20, planning to halt traffic for about an hour in major cities across the country, as well as on highways and roads leading to border crossings. The demonstration aims to draw attention to what drivers describe as a drastic surge in mandatory "Civil Liability" insurance costs, which they say have increased tenfold.

Heavy traffic was reported on the Athens-Lamia highway as travelers returned from the long weekend and public holiday of "Ochi Day" on Monday, October 28.

Traffic units across the country have recently begun using an AI-driven speed radar system produced under the coordination of the Turkish defense industry.

This new system allows for simultaneous ticketing for automobiles, trucks, pickup trucks, motorcyclists or other vehicles traveling on a four-lane road.

Even if the Greek capital had the best traffic police force in the world and even if it had smart cameras installed everywhere, the problem of traffic congestion would not be solved. 

A police officer was arrested Wednesday in the Thessaly region on bribery charges. 

According to police, the arrest followed a complaint from a driver, who said the officer demanded and accepted 100 euros to avoid issuing a traffic ticket. 

The officer was taken into custody and brought before a prosecutor.

You’ve started your commute to work. Your mobile app tells you it will take 1 hour and 45 minutes to reach your destination. Athens resembles a vast parking lot. All major roads, even neighborhood streets, are clogged with traffic, and you long for the days when the same journey took only 20 minutes.

Traffic regulations will be in place in Athens on Thursday, due to the celebration of the city’s patron saint and the procession of the Holy Icon of St. Dionysius of Areopagitos.

Trains overflowing with the city's denizens and tourists. Buses clanking along as they shift from first to second gear or idling on streets bottle-necked by a crash up ahead, a protest rally, fans of a sports event, roadworks - there's always something. Traffic jams stretching for kilometers are back.