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MOBITHESS: Urban Mobility Centre of Thessaloniki for the promotion of sustainable mobility
Published on 26 June 2020
Greece
Kentriki Makedonia
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About this good practice
Thessaloniki Local Authorities joined forces in 2012 in order to develop the Urban Mobility Centre of Thessaloniki's Greater Area, called ''MOBITHESS''.
Resources needed
MOBITHESS was being funded 50% from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the financial mechanism 'European Economic Association' and 50% by National Funds. The total funding for the development of the Urban Mobility Centre was almost 1 million €.
Evidence of success
After the official inauguration of the Thessaloniki Urban Mobility Centre and until the end of 2019 over 40,000 travellers used its services. The 40% used the travel information of public transport system, 20% used the environmental trip planner and almost 10% used the training tool.
The training tool of MOBITHESS was also used to awareness campaigns in schools and in different open space events in order more than 4,000 people to be informed and aware to issues related to the promotion of SUM
The training tool of MOBITHESS was also used to awareness campaigns in schools and in different open space events in order more than 4,000 people to be informed and aware to issues related to the promotion of SUM
Potential for learning or transfer
The specific practise combines two separate but very important components of sustainable mobility enhancement: the stakeholder cooperation and engagement and the users’ engagement and awareness. Due to the fact that almost all the cities/regions provide at least some of the MOBITHESS services (routing, public transport info, useful info for bike rental etc.), the development of an Urban Mobility Centre, which will integrate these services and will promote the sustainable way of transport is rather easy to be achieved.
Further information
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Good practice owner
Organisation
CERTH/HIT
Greece
Kentriki Makedonia
Contact
Operational Scientist A'