According to the eight-month figures, more than 96,000 checks by police patrols in stations and on buses and carriages yielded more than 1,500 arrests

An ongoing crackdown in the Greek capital aims to keep all but buses and emergency vehicles from using the all-important bus lanes on traffic-clogged roadways

Mass transit systems are usually affected, especially in the greater Athens-Piraeus area, although bus and metro services will be curtailed but not fully halted