Sustainable transport

Ruse is the first Bulgarian city to have a working bike path network as an integral part of the general urban development plan, the municipal council announced Thursday.

Public transport in Athens has moved to a summer timetable, affecting the frequency of all modes apart from connections with Athens International Airport and the capital’s coastal areas.

According to the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA), metro and electric railway trains will run every 7.5 minutes at peak times until the end of July.

Attacks on public buses by stone-throwing youths are becoming increasingly frequent, particularly in the run-down northern and western suburbs of Athens, according to staff at the state-run company that manages Attica’s buses and trolley buses, OSY.

By Alexandra Kassimi

Transport Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced on Monday that as of September 1 a single ticket costing 1.20 euros will be made available for all means of public transport in Athens, down from 1.40 euros for the metro and the Kifissia-Piraeus electric railway, but its duration will be for 70 minutes instead of 90 today.

Public transport is set to become cheaper starting on September 1, Transport Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced on Monday.

By Alexandra Kassimi

The Infrastructures and Transport Ministry is set to announce on Monday a decrease, rather than an increase, to the price of public transport, along with an overhaul of the entire network in Athens.

The Velograd Bicycle Festival will be held for the second time in the Savamala neighbourhood in Belgrade.

During the two-day festival, visitors will have the chance to see bicycle fashion show, acrobats and a polo game on bikes, while the main event is the so-called Orange Bike Ride.

BELGRADE - A bicycle festival entitled Beograd Velograd will be held in Belgrade on June 14 with the goal of promoting urban cycling, that is cycling as a mode of transportation in the Serbian capital.

The ride will start at Trg Republike at 4 p.m. and finish at Savamala, the organisers told a news conference.

A new set of travelcards, covering three- and six-month periods, are due to be made available to commuters in Athens.

Until now only weekly, monthly and annual travelcards had been on offer.

Deputy Transport Minister Michalis Papadopoulos signed a decision on Wednesday that will see the new cards, which will cost between 58 and 248 euros, come into use.

As the capital prepares for the annual Cycling Tour of Athens fun race, this year scheduled for Sunday, April 6, municipal authorities on Wednesday announced plans to create the first bike lane connecting Gazi and Akadimia Platonos (Plato’s Academy) via Monastiriou Street.