{"id":16,"date":"2025-04-28T21:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no-point.eu\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:20:17","slug":"livable-cities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nopoint.optimedia.gr\/el\/livable-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0392\u03b9\u03ce\u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c2 \u03a0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\u0392\u03b9\u03ce\u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c2 \u03a0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2\n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<p>Beyond Athens and Thessaloniki, which face specific challenges as metropolises, medium and small-sized cities are dealing with an increasingly worsening situation, primarily due to the chaos in traffic and car parking.Given that the available roads are limited, and urban pavement cannot be expanded, reducing the entry of private cars into the city centre is the only way to improve urban livability.To achieve this, sustainable urban mobility must be ensured. Our proposal is based on strict policing to eliminate illegal parking and an appropriate parking policy (not cheap parking in the centre).<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nopoint.optimedia.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Picture2.jpg\" alt=\"A street with many lights and trees on the side\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"420\" width=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopoint.optimedia.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Picture2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/nopoint.optimedia.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Picture2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" class=\"no-lazyload\">\n\t<p>\u0391\u03bd \u03b5\u03be\u03b5\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03af\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bf\u03b4\u03b7\u03b3\u03ce\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03ad\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b8\u03bc\u03b5\u03cd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd, \u03ad\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ad\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03af\u03b5\u03c2:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nopoint.optimedia.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Residents-of-the-centr.png\" alt=\"A blue drawing of buildings and a sun.\" title=\"Residents of the centr\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"no-lazyload\">\n\t\t<h3>\u039f\u03b9 \u03ba\u03ac\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>. \u0393\u03b9\u03b1 \u03cc\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03ad\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03b8\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03b8\u03bc\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03c4\u03af\u03c1\u03b9\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2, \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u0394\u03ae\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03af \u03bd\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b8\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03bf \u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bd\u03cc\u03bc\u03b9\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03b8\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03b8\u03bc\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd \u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b4\u03c9\u03c1\u03b5\u03ac\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03b8\u03bc\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b7, \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03ac\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bb\u03ac\u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03b8\u03bc\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 \u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03cd \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03b8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bd\u03cc\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b8\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd \u03b8\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c7\u03b1\u03bc\u03b7\u03bb\u03cc \u03bc\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03b1\u03af\u03bf \u03c4\u03af\u03bc\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nopoint.optimedia.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Visitors-to-the-centre.png\" alt=\"A blue outline of a person holding something\" title=\"Visitors to the centre.\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"no-lazyload\">\n\t\t<h3>\u039f\u03b9 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03ba\u03ad\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>These are people who come to the city&#8217;s commercial centre, use services, or stop for coffee or a meal. They bring money into the city, provided they can find parking easily. They typically stay for a few hours, so even if controlled or off-street parking costs \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2 per hour, they will pay.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nopoint.optimedia.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Employees-working-in-the-centre.png\" alt=\"A blue drawing of three people standing next to each other.\" title=\"\u039f\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03c3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"no-lazyload\">\n\t\t<h3>\u039f\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03c3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Currently, these are the ones who arrive early in the morning and occupy all legal (or even illegal) parking spaces, hindering access for city visitors while increasing traffic congestion. Since illegal parking has been cracked down on, and legal parking costs as much as a proper parking policy dictate, they will seek an alternative transportation method (which employee would pay \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2 per hour, or about \u00e2\u201a\u00ac400 per month, to park?).<\/p>\n\t<p>Alternative transportation methods for entering city centres, besides walking (if distance allows) or cycling (if bike lanes exist and the city&#8217;s geography permits), include public transport. 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