LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
Road network
The road network of the island is mostly paved and consists of 3 national roads plus one planned, 40 provincial and numerous local. These are the four major island arteries:
- Rhodes – Kamiros Province Avenue: Province road 2 till Kalavarda village and 21 from there till Kamiros, with two lanes that runs through the west coast north to south and connects Rhodes City with Diagoras Airport and Kamiros
- Rhodes-Lindos National Avenue (Greek National Road 95): Four and two lane, runs mainly inland north to south and connects Rhodes City with Lindos. Part from Rhodes Town until Kolympia is now 4 lanes, the rest until Lindos is 2 lanes
- Rhodes-Kallithea-Faliraki Province Avenue 4: Two lanes, runs through the east coast north to south and connects Rhodes City with Kallithea monument and Faliraki Resort
- Tsairi-Airport National Avenue (Greek National Road 100): Four and two lanes, runs inland east to west and connects the east coast with the west and the airport
- Lindos-Katavia Province Road 1: Two lanes, begins just before Lindos and through villages and resorts leading to Katavia village, the southern most of the island, from where a further deviation leads to Prasonissi
- Rhodes Town Ring Road (Phase 1): Beginning from the new marina and ending to Rhodes-Kallithea Province Avenue is a four lane expressway.
Cars and motorbikes
Families in Rhodes often own more than one car, along with a motorbike. Traffic jams are common particularly in the summer months as vehicles more than double while parking spots downtown and around the old town are limited and can’t cope with demand. Moreover, the island is served by 450 taxis and some 200 public and private buses adding to the traffic burden.