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The purpose of this work is to formulate an Integrated Strategy on Urban Mobility for Greek cities in issues falling under the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment Physical Planning and Public Works.  The objectives of the Urban Mobility Strategy are the upgrading of the transport services, the protection of the environment and the quality of life in the Greek cities. Based on these objectives, the basic parameters of the following four major policy directions have been examined: integrated urban and transport planning, transport and traffic management, urban re-organization promoting non-motorized transport and Technologies and measures for the environment. A series of measures has been proposed for every policy, combining the most suitable solutions for each problem of urban mobility in the Greek cities. The basic choices of these policy directions are the promotion of public transport use and of environmentally friendly transport modes, as well as the environmental pricing and urban space re-organisation.