New or improved bicycle facilities
Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)
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The accessibility of Iktinou street, a pedestrian street at the city center, was improved by rearranging the space available to cafes and shops, yielding an unobstructed 4-meter wide passage for the pedestrians.
The accessibility and appearance of Aristotelous square, the main historical square of the city, is improved by rearranging the space available to cafes and shops, yielding multiple passages for the pedestrians. Completion date: October 2011.
By city council resolution 1011/04-07-2011 a bicycle lane is created on Leoforos Nikis Avenue. The bicycle lane is being moved from the seaside pedestrian promenade to one of the three traffic lanes of this 1100m main seaside street of Thessaloniki, providing more space for the pedestrians and leaving two lanes for the cars. Completion date: September 2011.
On an important pilot project approved by the city council resolution 1010/04-07-2011, one of the main commercial streets, Agias Sophias, 180m long is converted exclusively to pedestrian street and is equipped with rest areas, a stage for art events, while 42 % of the previously paved surface is planted. 66 parking places are eliminated. Completion date: September 2011.
Dagli street, a 90-meter long street at the city-center area, was closed to traffic and 34 parking places were abolished.
Rogoti street, a 70-meter long street at the city-center area, becomes a pedestrian street and 12 parking places are eliminated. Completion date: September 2011.