Athens 2004 Olympics: The Importance of a Freeway for the Access to an Olympic Size Event

The scope of this paper is to present the challenges involved, as far as transportation infrastructure, operations and management are concerned, in enabling the successful deployment of a worldwide event, such as the Olympic Games. It also describes the preparations undertaken by Attica Tollway Operations Authority prior to the Olympic Games. The important role of the Attica Tollway for the overall success of the Athens 2004 Olympic transportation services is also presented. Attica Tollway Operations Authority faced many challenges in having to manage the freeway traffic for an event of unprecedented proportions.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.accessmanagement.info/ICAM2011/full_papers/OP.1.3.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Technical University of Athens

  School of Rural and Surveying Engineering
  Zografou Campus, Heroon Polytechniou 9
  Athens,   Greece  15780
• Authors:
  • Halkias, Bill
  • Papadimitriou, Fanis
  • Mandalozis, Dimitrios
  • Tyrogianni, Helen
  • Politou, Anna
• Conference:
  • 1st International Conference on Access Management
  • Location: Athens , Greece
  • Date: 2011-6-15 to 2011-6-17
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Access Management, June 15-17, 2011, Athens, Greece

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Highway traffic control; Olympic games
• Identifier Terms: Attica Tollway; Olympic Games (28th : 2004 : Athens, Greece)
• Geographic Terms: Athens (Greece)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01368904
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 2012 10:44AM