Greece-Larissa: Creating micromobility hubs through secure bicycle parkings

The city of Larissa has been committed to urban cycling for a long time and provides a dedicated bike infrastructure. However, more commuters could use their bike instead of their private car if more appropriate infrastructure, necessary facilities and dedicated services were provided by the city and the private sector. A major factor is undoubtedly safe parking facilities.

The city of Larissa strives to implement safe and secured bicycle parking with the possibility of charging e-bikes, located in a strategic point where the users, after finishing their trips on the bike lane, and arrived at the city centre, can park their bike safely in a shelter-secured parking to then use public transport. Safe bike parking facilities will encourage more cyclists to use e-bikes, which is expected to increase the number of cyclists for long peri-urban distance trips and trips to uphill destinations. There is a need for a flexible modular solution of parking facilities which could be spread around the city and serve (each one) a small number (10-30) of bikes and e-bikes for both spontaneous parking and charging during the day by the registered users of the scheme.