Participating towns and cities

Turkey, 2017

Bartın Belediyesi (Bartın Municipality) , Turkey

Website:

http://bartin.bel.tr/

Population:

193.577 inhabitants

Department:

İmar ve Şehircilik Müdürlüğü

Contact:

ŞEVVAL ÖZMEN

Kemerköprü Mahallesi Elmalık Sokak No:1 BARTIN
741000 Bartın Belediyesi

(++90) 378 227 10 25

sevvalozmen@bartin.bel.tr

Bartın Belediyesi (Bartın Municipality) already registered 6x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2023 2020 2019 2018 2017 2002

Participation 2017

Activities within the week

Bartın Belediyesi (Bartın Municipality) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2017, taking into account the annual theme.

All week

All info is given at www.bartinbelediyesi.com/ and
www.pedaldaslar.org/

Facebook Page for the activities:
www.facebook.com/events/814869308674867

16th September
-Walking
- Gymnastic and Sport activities
- Tournaments (Volleyball + Disabled Tennis)
- Slow Cycling Competition
- Bicycle stands
- Awareness activities for Pedestrians

17th September
- Cycling Tour with Pedaldaslar Cycling Club
- Meeting - 4th Bartin Cycling Festival
- Workshop with Children (Clean and CarFree Bartin City)
- Park visits with Old People

18th September
- Documentary film " Human Scale"

19th September
- Car Free Tuesday
- Street Acivities
- Video Capturing with Local People

20th September
- Walking Teaches- Walking Tour of Cultural and Natural Areas of Bartin
- Basketball Tournament
- Panel (Mobility for Health)

21st September
- What to do More
- Concert
- Closing Ceremony
- Gifts for Cylists

22nd September
- CarFree Friday
- Street Activities
- End of the Week - Closing with Press Release

Permanent measures

Bartın Belediyesi (Bartın Municipality) implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

New or improved bicycle facilities

Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)

Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)

Pedestrianisation

Create or enlarge pedestrian streets

Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)

Extension or creation of new greenways

Public transport services

Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)

Development of new technologies to improve public transport

Traffic calming and access control scheme

Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools

New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking

Accessibilities

Create wheelchair ramps

Lowering of pavements

Enlargement of pavements

Removal of architectonic barriers

Mobility management

Adoption of workplace travel plans

Adoption of school travel plans

Launch of awareness-raising campaigns

Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers

Permanent access restriction to city centres

Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places

Further info

Bicycle signs along the whole city will be placed by cyclists.

Car-free day

Bartın Belediyesi (Bartın Municipality) carries out a Car-Free Day 2017 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:

- Every Tuesday and Friday Public Markets are held in our city along an important street of our city. During Mobility Week we will organize those areas as Car Free ares and will open for just pedestrians.