Activities within the week
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality)
organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2019, taking into account the annual theme.
16 September
- Informing public via IMM’s Social Media Accounts, Variable Message Systems, Web Sites, Mobile Apps, Interactive Voice Response System, advertisement boards on the overpasses and other media
- Measure Air Quality and Noise Level
- Social Media Survey
- Delivery of Istanbul's Touristic Hiking Map (City Map)
17 September
- Sport Activities in IMM's offices.
- Informing public about European Mobility Week at information points
- Informing public via IMM’s Social Media Accounts, Variable Message Systems, Web Sites, Mobile Apps, Interactive Voice Response System, advertisement boards on the overpasses and other media
- Social Media Survey
18 September
-Group Zumba Activity in Besiktas (Bebek Park)
-Biking Training With Erasmus Students and Disabled Students
- Informing public via IMM’s Social Media Accounts, Variable Message Systems, Web Sites, Mobile Apps, Interactive Voice Response System, advertisement boards on the overpasses and other media
- Social Media Survey
19 September
- Sport Activities in IMM's offices
- Presentation of Road Safety by Marjolein van de Nadort in IMM's Bakirkoy Building
- "Fasten Your Seat Belt" Application
- Informing public about Project EDWARD via IMM’s Social Media Accounts, Variable Message Systems, Web Sites, Mobile Apps, Interactive Voice Response System, advertisement boards on the overpasses and other media
- Informing public via IMM’s Social Media Accounts, Variable Message Systems, Web Sites, Mobile Apps, Interactive Voice Response System, advertisement boards on the overpasses and other media
- Social Media Survey
20 September
-Movie Night in Caddebostan (Why We Cycle?) + Group Zumba Activities
- Informing public via IMM’s Social Media Accounts, Variable Message Systems, Web Sites, Mobile Apps, Interactive Voice Response System, advertisement boards on the overpasses and other media
- Social Media Survey
21 September
-Movie Night in Maltepe (Cars vs. Bikes)
- Informing public via IMM’s Social Media Accounts, Variable Message Systems, Web Sites, Mobile Apps, Interactive Voice Response System, advertisement boards on the overpasses and other media
- Social Media Survey
22 September
- Car Free Day Celebration with Kadikoy Municipality in Bagdat Street
- Children Marathon in Maltepe
- Besiktas Municipality's Car Free Day Activities
- Informing public via IMM’s Social Media Accounts, Variable Message Systems, Web Sites, Mobile Apps, Interactive Voice Response System, advertisement boards on the overpasses and other media
- Social Media Survey
Permanent measures
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Istanbul Metropolitan 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)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways
planned
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes
planned
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Reduction of outside parking zones
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Elaboration of new residential areas
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
Charging points for electric vehicles
Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
planned
Testing automated vehicles
planned
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution
planned
Use of clean vehicles
planned
Create new platforms for freight transfer
planned
Mobility management
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
Car-free day
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality)
carries out a Car-Free Day 2019 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:
IMM will close Caddebostan Street (Şaşkinbakkal-Göztepe) in Kadiköy