Land transport
Holiday traffic builds long queues at borders
Gruškovje – Slovenian roads and border crossings are congested with holiday traffic on what is one of the busiest weekends of the summer. A 10-kilometre tailback is reported on the motorway leading to the Gruškovje crossing with Croatia.
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Trakia Highway near Stara Zagora to Bourgas is Opened for Traffic
The traffic on the Trakia highway in the section from Chirpan to Stara Zagora in the direction of Bourgas has already been launched. The repairs there lasted longer than originally announced and in the middle of the summer season led to huge traffic jams on the way to the sea. At the end of next week, the traffic to Sofia will be restored.
Turkey plans to increase speed limits on highways
Authorities are considering increasing speed limits on Turkey's highways, starting with newly built roads, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said.
Currently, the speed limit for passenger cars on highways is 120 kilometers per hour (km/h). It is 100 km/h for buses and 90 km/h for trucks.
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We better go on foot
Namely, as we were told, the biggest problem is in the area of the Blue Bridge.
"The biggest crowds were reported to us at Konjarnik. These are parts near the Blue Bridge, Ustanika Street, as well as Autokomanda. We have no information whether there were any accidents, but we were told that there were too many vehicles on the streets," representatives of the Yellow Taxi told B92.
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Ljubljana beltway tunnel fully renovated
Ljubljana – An upgrade of the eastern tube of the Golovec tunnel on the north-eastern section of the Ljubljana ring road has been completed. The tube will partly reopen to traffic on Saturday, lane restrictions will have been completely gone by Sunday evening.
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Woman fights for justice after cousin killed in road accident
Following her cousin's death in a traffic accident in 2012, a woman has been fighting a legal battle ever since against the driver involved, who received a milder sentence.
In 2012, a car hit Gökhan Demir in Istanbul while he was trying to cross the street. Demir lost his life after staying in a coma for nine days.
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Police finds 10 blind spots of Istanbul
In an effort to improve the traffic problem and lower the accident rate in Turkey's most populated province of Istanbul, the traffic division of the provincial security directorate conducted research and found 10 blind spots where the rate of accidents is considerably higher.
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Drivers overlook pedestrians at crosswalks: Report
With a recent observational study conducted by daily Milliyet at various busy points of Istanbul, Turkey's largest city with more than 4 million registered vehicles, evaluations have been made whether drivers yield to pedestrians' right to pass.
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The Controlled Parking System of the City of Athens is back into operation again
Drivers who park in visitors’ places in controlled parking zones will have to pay the corresponding fee depending on the parking’s duration