Road transport

It is part of an effort to increase sustainable travel, respect social distancing and ease pressure on crowded public transport in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Discover how one of the most dangerous road sections in Greece became one of the safest highways in the country. The construction of the three new tunnels between Thessaloniki and Athens, the so-called Tempi Tunnels, included 25 km of motorway, 11 km of tunnels and the largest road tunnel

In this edition we look into the the truck driver dispute which has delayed the EU's mobility package which is causing an east-west rift, the ECB issues a Brexit warning to the markets and France has the highest prison suicide rate in Europe.

The deputy head of Germany's Police Officers' Union, Michael Mertens, supported the introduction of a limit on Friday, calling it "crazy" that some people legally drive at 200 - 250 km/h.

Truckers from Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Lithuania say the package divides the transport industry of Eastern and Western Europe

One such demonstration was held in Givors, near Lyon, but some participants were keen to stress the movement is not just about prices at the pumps.

The driverless truck is able to run at a maximum speed of 80km per hour and can detect a moving object 300 metres away