Traffic Restrictions Return to Central Athens

Athens has reintroduced its long-standing traffic ringing system, known arsenic the daktylios, successful the metropolis halfway starting Monday, October 13, following its suspension since mid-July. The measurement aims to trim traffic congestion and aerial pollution, peculiarly arsenic the superior enters a busier season.

The regularisation applies to a defined zone bordered by large avenues including Alexandras, Michalakopoulou, Syngrou, and Piraeus. Within this interior ring, backstage cars and airy trucks under 2.2 tons are permitted introduction connected alternate days based connected the past digit of their licence plate—odd oregon adjacent numbers.

Operating days and hours
The traffic ringing will beryllium successful force:

Monday to Thursday: 07:00 – 20:00
Friday: 07:00 – 15:00
The restrictions bash not use connected weekends, nationalist holidays, oregon connected days of nationalist transport strikes.

Exemptions for residents and greenish vehicles
Residents surviving wrong the restricted zone are eligible for special permits allowing introduction and exit from designated entree points.

Certain vehicle categories are besides exempt from restrictions, including:

Fully electrical and hybrid cars
Natural state and LPG-powered vehicles
EURO 6 models emitting little than 120g/km CO₂ (NEDC) oregon 145g/km (WLTP), depending connected registration date
Drivers tin get the indispensable physics permits done gov.gr, Greece’s authoritative integer services portal.

A decades-old measurement under review
First introduced implicit 40 years ago, the daktylios remains 1 of Athens’s most recognizable traffic-control measures. However, critics reason that it is outdated and should beryllium adapted to modern municipality and biology needs. Authorities are reportedly evaluating updates to amended align the system with Greece’s greenish transport goals and the rising use of electrical vehicles.