Sustainable transport

A new traffic plan for civil servants commuting to the public services that will be relocated from the city center to the former Pyrkal site in the east Athens suburb of Dafni-Ymittos, encourages the use of public transport and bicycles as the preferred mode of transport to offset any possible congestion that will occur.

Air travelers to Greece from China must show they have tested negative for Covid-19 48 hours before arrival, a new requirement that will be announced shortly, two government officials said on Thursday.

A British couple has completed their European bicycle tour, which started in France on June 24, in the Aegean province of Muğla's Bodrum district, after pedaling about 6,000 kilometers for 107 days.

A 29-year-old man from the Marmara province of Sakarya, who left his university education halfway through due to his dream of making a world tour hit the road with $5 in his pocket, has traveled to more than 50 countries in five years.

More than 48,000 passenger cars and light commercial vehicles were sold in Türkiye in August, pointing to a 17.3 percent declined from a year ago, according to data from the Automotive Distributors' Association (ODD).

That followed the 9.1 rise in vehicle sales in the previous month.

The European Union approved a plan to end the sale of vehicles with combustion engines by 2035 in Europe, the 27-member bloc announced yesterday, in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions to zero.

Nearly 55,000 road accidents that involved bicycles occurred in the past five years, which claimed the lives of at least 234 people, prompting citizens to call for action from authorities.

A 26-kilometer bicycle track in southern Turkey built to host national and international events and boost nature and sea tourism in the region is experiencing a service interruption since some parts of the iron barriers of the path have been stolen by unknown people.

Ljubljana – The number of passengers carried in public transportation in Slovenia was up significantly last year compared to 2020. However, taking into account all the restrictions due to the epidemic, the numbers recorded in 2021 are still relatively low compared to the pre-Covid year 2019, the Statistics Office said on Tuesday.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Mr. Costas Karamanlis, spoke about e-mobility as a key pillar of transport development in Greece, at the 5th E-mobility Conference.

The first axis of the planning of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is the renewal of the aging fleet of cars in Greece. At all levels: private cars, taxis, public transport.