Activities within the week
Agios Dimitrios organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2020, taking into account the annual theme.
16 September
1. Children activities concerning traffic education, robotics and educational games, in Primary Schools (morning hours)
2. Children activities concerning the proper use of bicycles, safe walking, compliance of traffic signs and improvement of road behavior, in the municipal Traffic Education Park (in the afternoon)
17 September
Creative afternoons in an “imaginary city" where everyone rides a bicycle. The children will learn to ride safely for themselves and others. They will learn the traffic lights, traffic signs and crossings, but also the traffic priorities with respect to all pedestrians and the differently abled people.
18 September
Creative afternoons in an “imaginary city" where everyone rides a bicycle. The children will learn to ride safely for themselves and others. They will learn the traffic lights, traffic signs and crossings, but also the traffic priorities with respect to all pedestrians and the differently abled people.
19 September
Children activities concerning the proper use of bicycles, safe walking, compliance of traffic signs and improvement of road behavior, in the municipal Traffic Education Park
20 September
1. A safe morning cycling tour in the city using the new bicycle lane of Asyrmatos area
2. Interactive games for children and an organized discussion for parents concerning sustainable mobility in the city.
21 September
Theatre play
22 September
Car free day
Games that aim to introduce children to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Traffic education games
Music Concert of the Greek pop group called “Yellow Bicycles”
Permanent measures
Agios Dimitrios implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.
New or improved bicycle facilities
Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways
planned
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Create park and ride stations
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
planned
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
planned
Removal of architectonic barriers
planned
Launch of accessibility plans
planned
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
planned
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
planned
Car-free day
Agios Dimitrios carries out a Car-Free Day 2020 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.