Greece-Heraklion: Control of motorised vehicle access in the pedestrianised area of the city centre

The city of Heraklion implemented a pedestrianised central area, which was recently extended to additional major commercial streets (it is a circle of approximately 350m radius, roughly 400.000m2 and mostly pedestrianised). The current city regulation regarding deliveries in the pedestrianised area restricts deliveryvans to enter the area from 06:00-10:00 and 13:00-17:00. This regulation is often disregarded by delivery truck drivers and private cars and there is no effective measure in place to prevent the uncontrolled entrance of vehicles.

The city is therefore looking for a technology solution by which it can control a number of the 12 entry points and/or 11 exit points of the pedestrianised area.

Applicants are invited to provide a demonstration of the technology effectiveness in a number of entries/exits to be proposed by the applicant. Actual enforcement may not be implemented during the pilot phase, but the technology demonstrated to be effective for this objective. Solutions should engage with a sample of logistics and PRM testers for the demonstration of the technology.

The solution implementing the Urban Vehicle Access Regulations (UVARs) should allow the city to control that only authorized vehicles enter the area during certain time slots and should also allow to identify non authorized vehicles. The control of the entry and exit points should not rely on the involvement of the police in the enforcement of the regulation.