George Yannis

George Yannis is Professor and Director of the Department of Transportation Planning Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He leads the NTUA Road Safety Observatory, a Center of Research and Innovation Excellence with global recognition for its highly valuable contribution to safer mobility for all, in Greece, in Europe and worldwide.

He has a thorough and broad understanding of the transportation sector, through his active involvement for more than 30 years as engineer, academic, advisor and decision maker in all areas of transportation planning and engineering at national and international level, with emphasis on data science. He has contributed extensively in more than 330 research and engineering projects and studies and in several scientific committees of the European Commission and other International Organisations (UNECE, OECD, WHO, World Bank, EIB, CEDR, ERF, IRF, PIARC, UITP, ETSC, ECTRI, WCTR, TRB). He has published 900 scientific papers (260 in scientific journals) widely cited worldwide.

He has successfully completed his challenge of running 30 Marathons in 30 months  in order to actively promote the adoption of city-wide 30km/h speed limit in as many cities as possible worldwide, as a key policy for safer, healthier and greener cities.

More detailed information is available at: www.nrso.ntua.gr/geyannis