Central area characteristics
- Higher population density
- Mixed land use: commerce, administration, housing, hotel, restaurants, banking, tourism
- Illegal parking and access to pedestrian streets network
Larissa is the only city in Europe that operates a Pedestrian Streets Smart Monitoring System in a control zone of:
- 397 acres (!) control area of the pedestrianized center of the city (North Section > 182 acres & South Section >215 acres)
- 3,6 km total perimeter of the control zone
- 43 access points
- 127 vertical posts, both permanent and sliding (bollards), for physical separation
- 86 plate recognition cameras, targeting the plates (not passengers) and only by recognizing the certified sign the sliding bollards are lowered
- 1 control center at the City Hall (24/7) for remote operations (28m2 for equipment and staff)
- 1 cloud-based platform capable of hosting additional functionalities and smart city apps
- User information app on the operations of the pedestrianized zone, rights of access, etc.
The main cases of access in the Pedestrian Control Zone are: 1) Permanent access, 2) Temporary access and 3) Emergency.
Access request through:
- electronic system (PORTAL) https://platform.cityzenapp.gr/cityzen/larisa/functions
- application (IOS & Android) Larissa Smart Access
Requests through the platform or the application (for IOS & Android) (since 25/07/2021-14/10/2022)
Α) Annual Licenses > 1.347
- Permanent residents (711)
- Supplies – distribution companies (595)
Β) Requests for Temporary Access
- (limited time) > 20.496
- lHotels > 11.124
- lParking stations > 4.703
- Commerce and food services* > 4.066
* Supply schedule: Monday - Sunday from 06:00 to 10:00 & Monday - Saturday from 14:30 to 17:00. Overtime supplies are done exclusively at the designated loading and unloading points around the Pedestrian Control Zone.
C) Emergency (medical) 142
Statistics: Comparative results Before and After the operation of the system
- Reduction in crossings per day from authorized vehicles: a) North part 67,46% less b) South part 69,49% less
- The daily average before operation was 1187 crossings and after two months it has dropped to 285!
- In a total of 20.496 crossings we had ONLY 78 collision accidents (3 per thousand /0.003!)
- And ALL with driver responsibility (double crossing, marking violation) and not system failings
Impacts
- Attribute the public pedestrianized space to the citizens in terms of quality & safety
- Less environmental impact
- New mentality of users (mainly in supply chains / distribution)
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