For months, it appeared that the Greek government was finally taking Athens’ worsening traffic congestion seriously. Truck ban on Kifissos Highway put on iceAt Wednesday’s closed-door meeting—chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis—no substantive discussion reportedly took place regarding the daktylios, Athens’ long-standing traffic restriction zone. What about Athens’ traffic ring? As for possible changes to the daktylios—including the scrapping of the outdated odd–even license plate system, which Deputy Transport Minister Kyranakis himself has described as obsolete—no progress appears imminent. Medium-term measures feature the rollout of “smart traffic lights,” already credited with improving flow in Thessaloniki, and under consideration for Athens.