Outdated rules, limited metro collide for ‘unbearable’ Athens gridlock

Outdated rules, limited metro collide for ‘unbearable’ Athens gridlock …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

During rush hour, queues several kilometres long form on Kifissos and Attiki Odos, the main motorways into the capital of 3.8 million.
Photo: Theophile Bloudanis / AFP
Source: AFP

Straining to squeeze his taxi between two hulking trucks blocking an Athens street, 66-year-old cabbie Damianos says he’s never seen traffic congestion in the Greek capital this bad.

“It’s unbearable,” groans the veteran who has been behind the wheel the past 14 years.

A mishmash of local traffic plans…

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