Participating towns and cities

GreeceAgios Dimitrios, Greece

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Population:
71.000 inhabitants
Department:
Press & Communication Office
Contact:
Areti Provata
Agiou Dimitriou 55, Agios Dimitrios
17343
Athens
Greece
(++30) 6945708919
Agios Dimitrios already registered 8x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2002

Participation 2022

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Agios Dimitrios organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2022, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
Kid's activities and workoshops combining exact sciences, art and mobility in a public green park.
17 September
Kid's activities and workoshops combining art, mobility, music and fairytales in the Municipal Botanic Garden
18 September
- City bicycle tour
- Kid's activities at the mobility education park
- Public consulation with the cizitens on the Municipal's Urban Sustainable Mobility Plan
19 September
- Kid's activities and workoshops combining art and mobility in the mobility education park
- Concert with the rock band "Yellow Bicycles"
20 September
- Kid's Workshop "the miracle of energy" on the benefits of recycle
- Public discussion on a permanent project that is currently being implemented in the Municipality. Presentation of the project and public discussion on its benefits concerning sustainable mobility, environmental and social aspects.
22 September
Car Free Day by closing one street to traffic and opening to the pedestrians and children

Car Free Day
Street Kid’s activities:
- playing with the UN SDGs
- “climate city” games
- Bicycle games
- Old school bicycle exhibition
- Robotics
- Special Basketball, Boccia, Goalball for the disabled kids
- art workshops for kids

Permanent measures 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
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems planned
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) planned
Installation of charging points for e-bikes planned
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets planned
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) planned
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets planned
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools planned
Reduction of outside parking zones
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking planned
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements planned
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Launch of accessibility plans planned
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility planned
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles planned
Charging points for electric vehicles planned
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns planned
Elaboration of educational materials
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas

Car-free day Car-free day

Agios Dimitrios carries out a Car-Free Day 2022 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
Asyrmatou street (from Metamorfoseos street to Degleri street)