George Yannis

George Yannis is passionate about running, having finished 72 [[Marathon]] races and other road, trail and triathlon races, in [[Greece]] and in [[Europe]]. His first Marathon was at the age of 18<ref>{{Cite web |date=1982-10-15 |title=1. Athens – 15 October 1982 |url=https://georgeruns30x30.com/1982/10/15/1-athens-15-october-1982/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=George Runs 30x30 |language=en-US}}</ref> and his best performance is 2 hours 56 minutes in Athens at the age of 21.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1985-10-13 |title=4. Athens – 13 October 1985 |url=https://georgeruns30x30.com/1985/10/13/4-athens-13-october-1985/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=George Runs 30x30 |language=en-US}}</ref> By the age of 35 he has completed 20 Marathons and after a 15-year running break (1999–2014), during the last decade he has completed another 50 Marathons.

George Yannis is passionate about running, having finished 72 [[Marathon]] races and other road, trail and triathlon races, in [[Greece]] and in [[Europe]]. His first Marathon was at the age of 18<ref>{{Cite web |date=1982-10-15 |title=1. Athens – 15 October 1982 |url=https://georgeruns30x30.com/1982/10/15/1-athens-15-october-1982/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=George Runs 30x30 |language=en-US}}</ref> and his best performance is 2 hours 56 minutes in Athens at the age of 21.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1985-10-13 |title=4. Athens – 13 October 1985 |url=https://georgeruns30x30.com/1985/10/13/4-athens-13-october-1985/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=George Runs 30x30 |language=en-US}}</ref> By the age of 35 he has completed 20 Marathons and after a 15-year running break (1999–2014), during the last decade he has completed another 50 Marathons.

In November 2024 in Athens, he has successfully completed a campaign to run 30 Marathons in 30 months<ref>{{Cite web |last=Xypnitou |first=Marina |date=June 2024 |title=Running 30 Marathons in 30 months to prevent drivers from speeding |url=https://eleftherostypos.gr/ellada/giorgos-giannis-trechei-se-30-marathonious-se-30-mines-gia-na-min-trechoun-oi-odigoi |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Eleftheros Typos |language=}}</ref> in order to actively promote the adoption of city-wide [[30 km/h|30km/h]] speed limit in as many cities as possible worldwide, as a key policy for safer, healthier and greener cities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Georgakopoulos |first=Thodoris |date=July 2024 |title=Speed and safety cannot coexist |url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/investigations/special-reports/563115487/tachytita-kai-asfaleia-den-mporoyn-na-synyparxoyn/ |access-date=28 August 2024 |website=Kathimerini - Special Report |language=}}</ref> The global impact<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trafik |first=Gazete |date=July 2023 |title=30 km/saat için 30 ayda 30 maraton koşacak - Erişim&Ulaşım |url=https://gazetetrafik.com/en/2023/07/09/30-ayda-30-maraton/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How to promote road safety? Professor runs 30 marathons for a 30km/h speed limit |url=https://www.uitp.org/news/road-safety-marathon-george-yannis/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=UITP |language=en-US}}</ref> of the campaign included over 400,000 views and 100,000 visitors per year to the campaign's websites and social media, along with numerous traditional media interviews on TV,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wQGt962KI&t=8s |title=Athens Traffic Congestion |date=September 2019 |last=One Channel Interview |access-date=2025-01-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLIpnqQmjgg |title=Οι "πληγές" του συγκοινωνιακού χάρτη της Αθήνας |date=November 2024 |last=Η ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ |access-date=2025-01-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKi3-j3FNo |title=30 μαραθώνιοι σε 30 μήνες για να καθιερωθεί το όριο των 30 χλμ ανά ώρα στον αστικό ιστό |date=May 2024 |last=Η ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ |access-date=2025-01-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Construction |date=January 2022 |title=Γ. Γιαννής: "Όραμα: Μηδέν Θανατηφόρα Ατυχήματα στους Αυτοκινητόδρομους" |url=https://constructionmag.gr/orama-miden-atychimata-me-nekrous-stous-aftokinitodromous/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Construction |language=el}}</ref> and publications in scientific journals and conferences.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiIJgPTG7dU |title=The future of Mobility & Transport, Brussels, February 2024 |date=February 2024 |last=European Commission |access-date=2025-01-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yannis |first=George |last2=Michelaraki |first2=Eva |date=2025-02-01 |title=Effectiveness of 30 km/h speed limit – A literature review |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002243752400152X |journal=[[Journal of Safety Research]] |volume=92 |pages=490–503 |doi=10.1016/j.jsr.2024.11.003 |issn=0022-4375}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=George |first=Yannis, |last2=Eva |first2=Michelaraki, |date=2024-01 |title=Review of City-Wide 30 km/h Speed Limit Benefits in Europe |url=https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/11/4382 |journal=[[Sustainability]] |language=en |volume=16 |issue=11 |doi=10.3390/ |issn=2071-1050 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250514160401/https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/11/4382 |archive-date=2025-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Roussou |first=Stella |last2=Petraki |first2=Virginia |last3=Deliali |first3=Katerina |last4=Kontaxi |first4=Armira |last5=Yannis |first5=George |date=2024-12-01 |title=Cost benefit analysis of reducing speed limits in Athens to 30 Km/h |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213624X24001445 |journal=Case Studies on Transport Policy |volume=18 |pages=101289 |doi=10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101289 |issn=2213-624X}}</ref>

In November 2024 in Athens, he has successfully completed a campaign to run 30 Marathons in 30 months<ref>{{Cite web |last=Xypnitou |first=Marina |date=June 2024 |title=Running 30 Marathons in 30 months to prevent drivers from speeding |url=https://eleftherostypos.gr/ellada/giorgos-giannis-trechei-se-30-marathonious-se-30-mines-gia-na-min-trechoun-oi-odigoi |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Eleftheros Typos |language=}}</ref> in order to actively promote the adoption of city-wide [[30 km/h|30km/h]] speed limit in as many cities as possible worldwide, as a key policy for safer, healthier and greener cities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Georgakopoulos |first=Thodoris |date=July 2024 |title=Speed and safety cannot coexist |url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/investigations/special-reports/563115487/tachytita-kai-asfaleia-den-mporoyn-na-synyparxoyn/ |access-date=28 August 2024 |website=Kathimerini - Special Report |language=}}</ref> The global impact<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trafik |first=Gazete |date=July 2023 |title=30 km/saat için 30 ayda 30 maraton koşacak - Erişim&Ulaşım |url=https://gazetetrafik.com/en/2023/07/09/30-ayda-30-maraton/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How to promote road safety? Professor runs 30 marathons for a 30km/h speed limit |url=https://www.uitp.org/news/road-safety-marathon-george-yannis/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=UITP |language=en-US}}</ref> of the campaign included over 400,000 views and 100,000 visitors per year to the campaign's websites and social media, along with numerous traditional media interviews on TV,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wQGt962KI&t=8s |title=Athens Traffic Congestion |date=September 2019 |last=One Channel Interview |access-date=2025-01-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLIpnqQmjgg |title=Οι "πληγές" του συγκοινωνιακού χάρτη της Αθήνας |date=November 2024 |last=Η ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ |access-date=2025-01-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKi3-j3FNo |title=30 μαραθώνιοι σε 30 μήνες για να καθιερωθεί το όριο των 30 χλμ ανά ώρα στον αστικό ιστό |date=May 2024 |last=Η ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ |access-date=2025-01-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Construction |date=January 2022 |title=Γ. Γιαννής: "Όραμα: Μηδέν Θανατηφόρα Ατυχήματα στους Αυτοκινητόδρομους" |url=https://constructionmag.gr/orama-miden-atychimata-me-nekrous-stous-aftokinitodromous/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Construction |language=el}}</ref> and publications in scientific journals and conferences.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiIJgPTG7dU |title=The future of Mobility & Transport, Brussels, February 2024 |date=February 2024 |last=European Commission |access-date=2025-01-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Roussou |first=Stella |last2=Petraki |first2=Virginia |last3=Deliali |first3=Katerina |last4=Kontaxi |first4=Armira |last5=Yannis |first5=George |date=2024-12-01 |title=Cost benefit analysis of reducing speed limits in Athens to 30 Km/h |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213624X24001445 |journal=Case Studies on Transport Policy |volume=18 |pages=101289 |doi=10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101289 |issn=2213-624X}}</ref>

[[File:GeorgeYannis-TRA.jpg|thumb|George Yannis received the EU TRAVisions 2022 Senior Researcher Award in Lisbon in November 2022.]]

[[File:GeorgeYannis-TRA.jpg|thumb|George Yannis received the EU TRAVisions 2022 Senior Researcher Award in Lisbon in November 2022.]]