Traffic congestion

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.

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.

Five people were hospitalized after being shot and injured in Shreveport, Louisiana, CBS-affiliated television station KSLA reported late on Sunday, the third multiple shooting reported in the United States with 24 hours.

Queues of trucks waiting to leave the country on Tuesday afternoon are stretching for more than 25 kilometers, before Nadlac and Varsand, and the waiting times for control are almost eight hours in Varsand.

With the fear of using public transit due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people in Turkey's largest metropolis, Istanbul, have switched to using their personal vehicles instead, leading to high traffic density.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is working on an artificial intelligence (AI) project to ease the city's notorious traffic jams, daily Milliyet has reported.

Traffic was gridlocked on many roads in central Athens on Tuesday for a second day due to the restrictions that have been put in place as part of efforts to create an extensive network of pedestrian areas and bicycle lanes, dubbed the Grand Walk.

Work on downtown Panepistimiou Street that is part of a plan to create an extensive network in Athens for pedestrians and bicycles caused traffic jams across the city center on Monday. The City of Athens has called for the understanding of residents as the project, dubbed the Grand Walk, is still in its pilot phase.

Restrictions aimed at curbing traffic congestion in downtown Athens that were abolished during the coronavirus lockdown will remain lifted throughout the summer, allowing all motorists in the city center all week long.

Greece's Minister of Education Niki Kerameus said that the government does not plan to use an afternoon shift in schools when they reopen.

Some experts that advised that students return to schools in morning and afternoon shifts to ease congestion.