Schools are social utility units where many people are gathered every day. The best for such organizations is to develop in campuses. However, in the urban environment of mid-sized cities, this is very rarely accomplished. School travel systematically addresses barriers for walking to school. The term “school travel planning” could be thought as a community-based model for implementing active school travel conditions. Students, parents and teachers could leave their cars at home and encouraged to increase walking, cycling, use of buses and carpooling. Also, school related trip times can be differentiated by for example picking up children later. Finally, it’s a great help for taking different route to avoid congested roads. Its primary goal could cost-effectiveness of the way to get more kids walking and wheeling to school. Xanthi is a medium-sized city in Greece with school units scattered in various areas. Most parents move kids to school by car, because they believe that pupils, on their own, cannot circulate safely. That creates a need for the establishment of safe routes that will encourage pupils to use methods and means of alternative transport to schools. This research includes two sections about the city of Xanthi: a) an analysis of the school’s educational, building, urban and traffic data, identifying road safety problems, and b) proposals for specific projects and practices that can improve the conditions and contribute to the sustainable operation of the school. The development of a school travel plan is expected to produce long-term benefits for the city of Xanthi.


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    Title :

    Road Safety for School Zones in Medium-Sized Cities


    Additional title:

    Advs in Intelligent Syst., Computing



    Conference:

    Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility ; 2020 ; Skiathos Island, Greece June 17, 2020 - June 19, 2020



    Publication date :

    2020-11-04


    Size :

    7 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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