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Nicosia orbital motorway first phase ready in three years
The Nicosia orbital motorway will be completed in five phases and the first phase is expected to be finished by the end of March, 2023, the transport ministry announced on Thursday. According to the...
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Transport company says was not told about bus strikes
Cyprus Public Transport, the company running buses in Nicosia and Larnaca, has said they were not informed about Tuesday’s strike by the employees’ unions. The four unions said on Monday the Larnaca...
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Bus gutted by fire in Limassol
A bus belonging to the Limassol transport company Emel was gutted by fire in the early hours of Wednesday. Arson has not been ruled out. According to police, the fire broke out around 4:30am while the...
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Ambitious plans for Nicosia’s public transport
After two failed attempts, is it third time lucky? Traffic in Nicosia is set to undergo a radical change in the next few years, as the government and the municipality are determined to dramatically...
View ArticleAfter years of wrangling, plan for busy Tseri road finally approved
A new design for Tseri avenue has finally been approved by the Strovolos municipal council, it was announced on Thursday. Works are expected to begin in the autumn of 2021. The plan by Markides...
View Article€4m scheme to promote bicycle as means of transport
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Tuesday unveiled a €4m, 17-point plan of action aiming to encourage cycling as an alternative form of transport. He told a press conference that the programme was...
View ArticleMinisters outline how post-Covid Cyprus will go green
More than €1 billion will be allocated in Cyprus over the next five years for a speedy transition to a ‘green economy’, three government ministers said on Monday. In opening remarks during a joint news...
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Cyprus fifth highest in EU for emissions per capita
Cyprus has signed up to an EU push to combat climate change and its impacts, but figures released by Eurostat on Wednesday indicate that this is still very much a work in progress. They show that where...
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Transport minister heads to European transport meeting
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos travels to Slovenia on Monday to attend the Informal Council of the EU Transport and Energy Ministers and a high-level meeting concerning the Trans-European...
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‘Smart road network in three years’
Cyprus aspires to cover its entire road network with an intelligent transportation system within the next three years, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said following the signing of a new contract...
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Air mobility market could be worth $17 billion by 2025
Paramedics with jetpacks, border police in flying cars and city workers commuting by drone all sound like science fiction – but the concepts are part of a advanced air mobility (AAM) market that is...
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Tender announced for new €89m Astromeritis-Evrychou road
The transport ministry on Wednesday announced the tender for the construction of the Astromeritis to Evrychou road, an €89m project for a four-lane 11-kilometre road estimated to be completed within...
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Over 4,000 apply for grant to buy electric vehicles
Over 4,000 people have applied for cash incentives to buy electric vehicles, the transport ministry announced on Monday. The first phase of the plan was implemented on December 20, 2021, and will run...
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Cyprus still lagging behind in RES use in transport
Cyprus recorded the third biggest increase in share of renewable energy used in transport but was still ranked sixth from the bottom in the EU 27. Figures published by Eurostat show that the EU has met...
View ArticleLimassol drivers and roads not ready for micromobility
Efforts to encourage the use of small, lightweight, low-speed vehicles in Limassol are being hindered by a number of obstacles, micromobility industry stakeholders said during a panel discussion. The...
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Authorities called to tackle rise in scooter use on roads
By Elias Hazou and Jonathan Shkurko Members of the House transport committee on Thursday called on the government to work on regulating the use of personal mobility vehicles in Cyprus, most notably...
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Smart traffic lights to be installed in 125 locations in Nicosia and Limassol
Smart traffic lights are to be installed at 125 locations in Nicosia and Limassol as part of a smart traffic management system, Transport Minister Yiannos Karousos said on Friday. He told reporters...
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Karousos says aviation switch to sustainable fuels could see tourism industry...
Proposals submitted by Cyprus and adopted by EU transport ministers will help cushion the blow from a transition to sustainable aviation fuels that could potentially cost the island a 20 per drop in...
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Plans to ease traffic will hit private car use
The government is pressing ahead with its policies to discourage the use of private vehicles as it instead looks to promote public transport – with promises of trams and smart traffic lights favouring...
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Cyprus records high car use rate
Cyprus ranked amongst the top for rates of car use in the EU with 645 passenger cars per 1,000 people, far outstripping neighbouring Turkey and Greece but at a similar rate of most Italian regions. The...
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