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Mrs. Louisa Vinton, Permanent Coordinator of UN in the Repub- SOCIETY
lic of Macedonia together with Ognen Janeski
Ognen Janeski, editor-presenter and civic activist: “Smart cities and news/505495295/skopje-dobi-moderen-
their sustainable development are particularly important nowadays. centar-za-upravuvanje-i-kontrola-na-
That is why I support the United Nations’ adoption of the sustainable soobrakajot
development goals that are important for the Planet Earth. Anyone
can contribute a lot to this aim, viewed locally in their own town. For MOBILE APPLICATION „TRAVEL
example, in Skopje, in terms of energy efficiency and improved air GREEN“ http://patuvajzeleno.mk/
quality, which is a serious issue, setting the charger for electric cars
in July 2015, being only one for the time being, is an important move. The project for green streets against
It is not much, but it is a small step towards the future. I sincerely climate change, has teamed up the city
hope this will increase the awareness of drivers, to choose an electric of Skopje, UNDP, Finki and Google, which
or hybrid vehicle when they shop for a new car. resulted in the launch of a new applica-
tion, Skopje Green Routes planner. The
SKOPJE application gives citizens information as
The city of Skopje, with support of to the fastest, cheapest and ecosustain-
able way to plan the route to the desired
the UNDP, has started activities which, destination. It uses Google Transit, a fea-
among other things, aim to make the city ture of Google Maps, which allows users
smart (smart city): to plan the transit time and path, as well
as the nearest bus stop.
• Mobile Application „Travel Green“;
• Strategy on Climate Change of the „We are pleased to welcome Skopje
City of Skopje - „Resistant Skopje“ (under Green Routes in Google Maps,“ says Ryan
construction); Pocharski, strategic manager at Google.
• Green Cadastre (under construction);
• Green roofs and facades (under con- Besides providing information about
struction); the schedule of buses, places to rent
• Preparation of the concept of smart bikes and parking spaces, the application
city (under construction). also provides information on traffic and
With the exception of the application, air pollution. Information on congestion
all other activities will be finished by the and CO2 emissions are taken from sen-
end of next year. sors installed by the local city authorities
In addition, the city established the at the main intersections and arteries.
Center for traffic control and man- The level of pollution is published and
agement aimed at wise management available to all.
of the city traffic. http://grid.mk/
This project was named as one of sev-
en projects to be monitored on the glo-
bal contest organized by the UN „Global
Pulse“ in order to collect data on climate
change.
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