Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2021811600
G. Giannopoulos
This issue is the second part of a two-part ensemble of special issues of the Ekistics and the New Habitat journal on the general subject of ‘Cities and Transport in the Mediterranean Region’. As in part one, belatedly published in late 2021 due to the global pandemic, it presents a collection of analyses and future engagement papers on key topics and transport-related issues faced by countries in the Mediterranean region. The majority of the papers address primarily transport planning and organizational aspects, and refer to the wider Balkan Peninsula, Egypt, Spain, and Greece.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2021811607
Welcome to the first special issue of the international journal Ekistics and the New Habitat: The problems and science of human settlements for 2021. Although this issue is appearing at the outset of 2022, delayed as it were by the impacts of the global pandemic, it contains articles that address ongoing concerns within the Mediterranean region. Firstly, I would like to thank our guest editor Prof. Dr George A. Giannopoulos and the contributors for their energy and patience, without which this issue would not have come to fruition. It is with delight, therefore, that we can now present this outstanding range of contributions to the readers.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2021811500
Chrysostomos Mylonas, E. Mitsakis, Georgia Aifandopoulou
This paper reviews the development and implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Greece by adopting a methodology that uses Key Performance Indicators – KPIs. Based on these indicators ITS implementation in Greece appears to perform in varying ways depending on a number of factors that relate to the local conditions in each urban area. Based on the analysis and quantification of the KPIs selected, the analysis facilitates the identification of some areas on which ITS experts and policy makers should focus for further improvement and speeder implementation. The main problems that are indicated in the study, relate to the fact the large majority of ITS projects implemented in Greece are not adequately documented and do not provide, at least to a limited extent, information over the web regarding their status or their provided services. Another problem area relates to the fact that there are no ITS projects that go beyond the road sector to encompass multiple modes of transport and support intermodality and multimodality. Also, there is a weakness identified for more ITS implementations associated with freight transport and the concept of Mobility as a Service (MaaS).
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Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2021811505
Amr Khaled Shafik, A. Hassan, A. Saied, Ahmed Elbadawy Abdelmegeed
This paper makes a notable contribution to Transportation Planning in urban areas by considering the application of a key transportation Planning software package for the traffic conditions in the Central Business District of Cairo. For urban areas with heterogeneous and very congested traffic conditions and uneven driving behavior such development can be very useful. The paper shows how a microscopic simulation model using a Multilayer Feedforward neural network (MFNN) to calibrate online the VISSIM package driving parameters’ values based on predictions of travel time and traffic flow on the network elements. The two-step calibration procedure is faster and more applicable for on-line models than the approaches followed in current literature that require time-consuming iterations for model calibration. Also, this research uses combined Artificial Intelligence models (Long-Short Term Memory based Recurrent Neural Networks - LSTM-RNNs) and Multilayer Feedforward neural network (MFNNs) and calibrates them based on the driving behavior and traffic condition on successive time intervals. In this way, the prediction of the future traffic condition is based on actual traffic conditions on the past intervals and the actual driving behavior.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2021811532
Christos Dionelis, M. Giaoutzi
The focus of the paper is on the problem of missing links in a European vital area, such as the Western Balkans. The paper presents the poor transport infrastructure of today in the region of the Western Balkans, and describes the up to date solutions as they have been proposed by the European Union. The paper compares the two main approaches of providing better transport in a region, namely the Corridor approach and the Network approach and makes suggestions for the future. Improving connectivity within the Western Balkans, as well as between the Western Balkans and the European Union, is a key factor for growth and jobs and will bring clear benefits for the region’s economies and citizens. The signing of the Transport Community Treaty in 2017 encourages better planning of transport investments in the region of the Western Balkans.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2021811
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Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2021811507
The present paper considers the rapid growth of private transport usage in urban environments, that is linked with increased traffic congestion and imbalance between parking supply and demand, to promote novel Mobility as a Service (MaaS) concepts towards overcoming both issues. Based on the findings of two research projects, SocialCar and SocialPARK, focusing on supporting social interaction of travelers and the proper use of crowd-coursed information and data, sustainable solutionsfor relieving urban congestion and vital parking management are being presented. Projects findings, proved to have a significant impact on increasing interest for carpooling and PT combined usage, while the parking availability sharing information seems attractive for the majority of citizens. Combining both concepts, and exploiting the “wisdom of the crowd” for providing mobility and parking solutions in real time conditions, under a monitored and accurate frame of operation, adds on the creation of a novel value-chain for mobility and parking towards sustainability.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2021811509
P. Vaitsis, Ioanna Zarkali, Georgia Liouta, S. Basbas
This paper examines the feasibility of inserting a new exclusive bus lane in the public transport network of an urban area. It gives data and a case study example that demonstrate how a bus lane can be evaluated especially how a bus lane of a relatively limited length and of a relatively low bus frequency is worth being implemented – normally - in the case of a one-way street connecting the city center with the suburbs. The approach followed, analyses the findings from a case study in the eastern part of Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece with a population of approximately one million inhabitants. The bus lane used as the case study is focused on an outbound direction along a one-way street that connects the city center with the eastern suburbs of the city. This bus lane operates during part of the day according to the traffic conditions and the demand needs along the road corridor where it is located. The analysis includes field measurements of traffic data along the bus lane as well as a questionnaire-based survey that was mainly focused to investigate the quality of the service as perceived by the passengers. The paper shows that such bus lane can be fully justified (though with a reduced number of buses per hour), in terms of the travel time savings that it provides, the uninterrupted bus flow operation that it provides (that minimises the time they spend on the bus) and other characteristics. Parking restrictions and other traffic regulations enforcement is, however, necessary to prevent violations by drivers of private cars and minimise any adverse effects on the bus lane’s operation.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-30DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2020803612
This issue is the first part of a two-part ensemble of special issues of the Ekistics and the new Habitat journal on the general subject of “Cities and Transport in the Mediterranean Region”. It refers to current day problems, issues, policies and solutions that have been applied to the urban traffic and transport systems in the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-30DOI: 10.53910/26531313-e2020803
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