Hundreds join protest bike ride in Athens

[Ellinas]

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Hundreds of cyclists of all ages responded to a call made by cyclist associations on the Internet and turned up to take part in a protest bike ride in central Athens at noon on Saturday, in spite of wet skies and rain.

The starting point was the statue of Athena at Pedion tou Areos and the cause was the creation of bicycle lanes on busy Athens thoroughfares, the right to load bicycles onto the Athens Metro and OSE railway carriages and changes to the current cyclist-unfriendly traffic code.

The cyclists poured out onto Alexandras Avenue, blocking the passage of cars, and said they would follow a route going down Zacharoff street, Kifissias Avenue, Vassilisis Sofias Avenue, Filellinon Street, Vassilisis Amalias Avenue, Panepistimiou Street, 3rd Septemvriou Street, Marni Street and Patission Street, with an hour-long stop at 3rd Septemvriou to symbolically mark a cycle lane on the road.

ANA