Study -Greece - Athens buses shift up a gear
Athens,Greece -Kathimerini -8 Nov 2005: -- Police launched a crackdown on cars illegally entering bus lanes yesterday as the government steps up attempts to improve the city’s transport network and get more commuters onto buses... Bus lanes operate in different parts of the city, however, parked cars, along with drivers who try to save time by illegally using the dedicated area, limit the advantage public transport was meant to have... A recent study showed that if the lanes were clear, buses could travel nearly twice as fast... showed that buses can reach a speed of about 21 kilometers an hour when the lane is free of other cars. Otherwise, buses travel at a slower 12 to 15 kilometers per hour... In normal traffic, a bus travels between 7 and 10 kilometers an hour, according to the study... Fourteen cameras have helped police to keep an eye on bus lanes, they've been placed to monitor Athens bus lanes and normally result in 950 fines per month. Traffic police, on the other hand, normally write about 150 fines per month...
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