Thessaloniki: Smart City good practices

Dr. Evangelos Mitsakis

Associate Researcher
Hellenic Institute of transport (HIT)
Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)
emit@certh.gr
Smart city challenges
f (Smart technologies; Smart citizens; Smart authorities)
ITS & Mobility opportunities

• Cooperative channels and collaboration opportunities

for the mobility players/actors
• Advanced mobility solutions
• Application development platforms for SMEs and web-
entrepreneurs
• Coordination of the cooperative mobility eco-system
• Analytics for improved decision making support
ITS & Mobility policy framework

• 2010/40/EC ITS Directive and Transposition to National

Law
• National ITS Action Plan (2012 & 2014)
• National ITS Strategy & National ITS Architecture (2014)
• National Development Strategy 2014-2020
• Regional Smart Specialization Strategy 2014-2020
Thessaloniki’s Intelligent Mobility
Roadmap
THESSALONIKI 2020

HIT portal
Equipment
ΜΟΒΙΝΕΤ Services
Intelligent Urban Studies
Mobility Management
and Traffic Control Policy
System

Telematics public transport system

Peripheral ring EASYTRIP

road surveillance
system
SEE-ITS

RAIL4SEE

COMPASS4D
COGISTICS

Future internet
Electromobility
Multimodal C-ITS
Smart cities

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Maturity Scaling-up Frontrunners

Smart mobility infrastructures in
Thessaloniki

1.3 m inhabitants
2 m daily trips
500K vehicles
90 km Ring Road
100K parking places
• Ring Road
• Urban network
• Central network
Next generation mobility systems in
Thessaloniki - Frontrunners

Energy Efficient Cooperative Routing

Road Hazard Warning
Intersection Service Services
Passenger
transport

• Provided along the • Provided along the • Provided throughout

main arterial, Ring Road the whole network
Tsimiski Rd, in the • DSRC G5 • 4G
city centre • Fleet of 250 taxis • Fleet of 250 taxis
• 4G
• Fleet of 250 taxis

CO2 footprint
Eco-drive support &
estimation and Proof of delivery
speed advise
monitoring
• Provided around the • Provided around the • Provided around the
transport
Freight

port area of port area of port area of

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki and the Thessaloniki and the
• 4G city centre city centre
• Commercial fleet of • 4G & DSRC G5 • 4G
trucks • Commercial fleet of • Commercial fleet of
trucks trucks
• 100 intelligent cargo
units
Local stakeholders involvement

• Policy:
• Municipality of Thessaloniki
• Region of Central Macedonia
• Users:
• Commercial fleets passenger
• Commercial fleets freight
• Technology providers:
• Local technology integrators
• International technology companies
• Research & Innovation:
• CERTH-HIT
• Other major economic sectors:
• Energy
• Economy
Next steps 1/2

• Further deployment of C-ITS

• Further investment in research and
innovation for C-ITS
• Exploitation of knowledge and
experience created at EU and
global level
• Assessment of benefits and C-ITS marketing/promotion activities
• Open up C-ITS to larger audiences (users, developers, etc)
• Creation of smart city deployment roadmaps
Next steps 2/2

• Create a liveable city

• Establish Thessaloniki as a Lighthouse
City
• ICT enabled urban mobility corridors
• Living labs – Living streets (i-mile)
• Urban innovation zones and accelerators
• Smart city i-governance
• Smart city dashboards
• Integration of transport/mobility with other major economic urban
activity/economic sectors (e.g. energy, ICT) within the smart city
context
Thank you for your attention

Dr. Evangelos Mitsakis

PhD Civil and Transport Engineering
Associate Researcher
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Hellenic Institute of Transport
e: emit@certh.gr
t: +30 2310 498459