Welcome to PIMMS

Serres, Greece

Nikos Papadikis,

Supervisor of Traffic Planning Department, Municipality of Serres

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Our interest in PIMMS is

• To learn about effective traffic systems and strategies. To receive best practice methods in traffic planning and mobility management.

• Implementation of best traffic systems with the aim to improve traffic conditions.

• Equal use of road network from all the users (cars, pedestrians, buses, bicycles).

• Promotion of public transport, walking, cycling

• Road safety

• Improvement of the centre of the city (environment, functionalism and aesthetics).

• Sensitization of citizens and politicians. Improvement of traffic attitude.

1. Main characteristics of the city/region

• Small town, capital of Serres Prefecture

• About 56,000 inhabitants but estimates are much higher.

• Traffic conditions are better since the introduction of a one-way traffic system in the city centre.

• The municipality is responsible for all the road network inside its administrative limits (except for the national and the provincial road network)

• The Ministry for National Education and religious affairs is planning the programmes of education.

2. Main transport issues

• Road network is in a bad condition due to works for water supply

• Small but important parts of the network aren’t formed

• Public transport isn’t cheap enough and doesn’t cover the whole city

• Pavements in bad condition

• Excessive use of cars, even for distances of 400m

• Illegal parking

• Terminals of urban and interurban public transportation near the centre

3. Mobility management domains of special interest

WHAT OTHERS MIGHT WANT TO LEARN FROM US
CLEAN VEHICLES	• Bikeway outside the centre
INDIVIDUALISED TRAVEL MARKETING
MOBILITY & EDUCATION	• Structure of Traffic Education Park (a micrography of traffic conditions for pupils) • Lesson at schools “Education of Health” which includes traffic education • Visit at schools (informing about the use of traffic lights)
POLICY & INTEGRATION	• Cooperation with public transport authority, Police department, prefectural and regional departments of transportation, taxi driver association, association of heavy vehicle owners
ROAD PRICING
ROAD SAFETY	• Pavements, pedestrian roads, ramps for people withspecial needs • Signs,Speed humps and neckdowns to reduse the speed of cars • Interactive traffic lights (pelican) and normal traffic lights, signs, lining • School traffic wardens (volunteers that help pupils to cross roads). • Studies about serious accidents (detecting dangerous spots)
TRAVEL AWARENESS	• Informative Brochures
TRAVEL PLANS	• Traffic studies and changes, Measurements of traffic volume • Studies for traffic signs and for informative signs • Studies for parking garages, Parking facilities for heavy vehicles • Working on mini bus routes and transfer of bus terminal

WHAT WE WANT TO LEARN FROM OTHERS
CLEAN VEHICLES	• •	Promotion of walking and cycling
INDIVIDUALISED TRAVEL MARKETING	• •	Promotion of Public Transport
MOBILITY & EDUCATION	• • •	• Effective traffic education, Lessons at Traffic Park • Change traffic attitude
POLICY & INTEGRATION
ROAD PRICING
ROAD SAFETY	• • •	• Improvement of road safety • Promotion of walking and cycling
TRAVEL AWARENESS	• •	Ways to inform citizens so as to participate actively
TRAVEL PLANS	• • •	Effective traffic planning to improve traffic conditions