The experience of the Central Macedonia Region (and its twinning region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace)

Afrodite STAMELOU

MSc Civil Engineer - Transportation Planner MSc Environmental Protection & Sustainable Development

Thessaloniki, 6 May 2015 Development Agency of Eastern Thessaloniki’s Local Authority ANATOLIKI S.A. was established on 1995

ANATOLIKI S.A. is active in the following Stakeholders sectors: • Region of Central Macedonia (RCM) . Environment and infrastructures • Nine (9) Municipalities . Energy Saving and RES . Sustainable Development & Mobility • Three Chambers of Commerce . Human Resources • Local business Associations and . Local Authorities and Business Support Cooperatives . Rural Development . Promotion of innovation, and New technologies . Support in Networks Operation

I 2 Central Macedonia Region, Greece

7 Regional Units, 38 Municipalities

1) Thessaloniki 2) Serres 3) Imathia 4) Pella 5) Pieria 6) Halkidiki 7) Kilkis

I 3 Poly-SUMP Methodology

The Poly-SUMP Methodology includes:

Stage 1: Preparing well by understanding your region

Stage 2: Creating a common ground and vision (Future Search methodology)

Stage 3: Elaborating the Action plan

I 4 Stage 1: Assessing the urban mobility planning context and practices

Defining the region

Current framework conditions (current SUMPs for Municipalities, financial instruments for SUMPs, etc.)

Policy content (collection of transport, spatial, environmental, safety and economic policy documents and plans on regional and local level)

Policy process (Identification on how the current processes to develop plans are structured)

Stakeholders and competences

Drivers, barriers and possibilities

I 5 Stage 1: Profiling polycentricity Spider Diagram and mobility patterns  Is created in order to illustrate and analyze the polycentric profile of a region  Specific indicators, considered for a comparative assessment towards polycentricity, were calculated

Value “1” Polycentricity Value “0”  Monocentricity

I 6 Stage 2:Creating a common ground & vision

Local Future Search Workshop in the Region of Central Macedonia (RCM)

I 7 Location of the Workshop Agios Nikolaos: 2-3 of a small town October 75 Km west 2013 of the city of Thessaloniki

Participants were invited from several stakeholders in the RCM

I 8 Number and Type of the Participants The Organization The The Organization of Planning and Several Development Thessaloniki’s of Urban Environmental Transportation of Municipalities Agencies Urban Transport Protection of Thessaloniki Authority Thessaloniki

The Association The Hellenic The National The Hellenic The Ecological of Spatial Institute of Eurovelo Planning and Institute of Coordination Movement of Transportation Regional Transport Center for Greece Thessaloniki Engineers Development

The Greek The Designers The Association The Association The Technical International Society of Public of Hindered for the rights of Chamber of People "Disability Business Works of Central pedestrians Greece Today" Association Macedonia

The Laboratory The Direction of The Aristotle 37 of Local University of Transportation Development of Participants Thessaloniki Engineering ANATOLIKI S.A.

I 9 Organization of the workshop

Participants answered One member of each individually the Shared and aggregated table presented the corresponding their opinion at their table’s answers and put questions in colourful table the post-its on the wall post-its

In this way it was easy to find the similarities and differences between participant’s subgroups

I 10 Shared Diagnostic • Looking back:  The first experience riding a bike and driving a car, the first bike accident etc. • Present situation of mobility:

 Improvement of the level of service of urban public transport in the city of Thessaloniki, development of the suburban railway and upgrading the international airport of Thessaloniki X Limited law enforcement in the streets, lack of education on mobility issues, dependence of private car, provision of good and bad practices from the region etc. • Future trends affecting mobility: Regional - National Trends European - Global Trends Positive Negative Positive Negative Improvement of Lack of funding ITS systems Climate change public transport systems Development of Alternative means of Population Economic crisis infrastructures for rail transport movement-refugees freight

I 11 The future we want for mobility in the Region

• Participants were motivated Common to paint or to describe the Differences perfect future scenario Vision concerning mobility in their • The use or not of the region • A more environmentally private car friendly region • Some groups • They virtually transferred to excluded completely • The development private cars from the the year 2050 of rail transport city centers, while others preferred them

• The use of • The prohibition or not • The Region won the Nobel cleaner energy of car use and Prize for being the world’s sources (RES) residence in the city centers most sustainable region, regarding mobility.

I 12 Finding a common ground for actions • Values-Goals-Milestones

• Quality of life Values • Sustainability

• Reduction of private car’s use Goals • Opportunity of multimodal transportation

• Improvement of urban planning and of Milestones infrastructures • Public transport network expansion

I 13 Building an Action Plan Second day Nr Action Nr Action • Participants focused on Behavioral modification and Bicycle network 1 7 the projects and actions awareness raising activities development

based on the past, Rail network expansion and Pedestrian network 2 present and future routes densification 8 development trends and the visions Uniform strategic planning at Financing instruments for 3 9 formulated in the regional level infrastructure development Freight network improvement Low-traffic areas previous steps, and the 4 10 (city-logistics) development values, goals and Establishment of an integrated milestone events agreed 11 Bus services improvement 5 “regional transport authority” and prioritised. Improvement of public Updated Traffic studies and/or • A first action list is 12 transport services and 6 development of new ones generated. networks for disabled people

I 14 LFSW Process – Evaluation - Questionnaire +The innovative methodology of Future Search Aim The assessment of the organization and +The creative participation through the interactive the content of the process of the future search methodology and the workshop, suggestions share of experiences and recommendations about the next +The opportunity to contact with persons who are workshops with this aware about the sustainable mobility methodology -The constant pressure of time LFSW in the fields of Freight Transport Logistics Public Transport Rural Development Waste management etc.

I 15 Stage 3: Elaborating the Action plan

A second questionnaire related to the workshop’s outcomes has been sent to the LFSW’s participants Additional information related to the most appropriate key actors who could potentially play a role in designing and implementing the actions.

After that, meetings with these key actors have followed for further development of the Action Plan.

Awareness raising activities in the subject of Sustainable Mobility.

Transferability of the Poly-SUMP Methodology in our Twinning Region (Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region).

I 16 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (EMTH) Poly-SUMP experience

A representative of EMTH participated in the transferability workshop in Lund.

EMTH is comprised of 22 Municipalities with a total population of about 600.000 inhabitants.

I 17 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (EMTH) Poly-SUMP experience

EMTH is a polycentric region:

Donald Duck shape for the diagram (polycentric region with low travel interdependency).

The average distance travelled to workplace and to recreation is quite small.

I 18 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (EMTH) Poly-SUMP experience Due to economic reasons EMTH is only interested to evaluate the transferability of the specific actions indicated in the Future Search Action Plan of RCM and unfortunately not the whole Poly-SUMP Methodology.

Which actions of Central Macedonia Region are transferable to EMTH Region?

1. Behavioral modification and awareness 5. Bicycle network development raising activities 6. Pedestrian network development 2. Rail network expansion and routes 7. Financing instruments for infrastructure densification development 3. Uniform strategic planning at regional level 8. Improvement of public transport services 4. Updated Traffic studies and/or and networks for disabled people development of new ones I 19 Communication: Afroditie STAMELOU [email protected] Tel: +30 2310 463 930

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