Activities within the week
Büyükçekmece, İstanbul (Buyukcekmece, Istanbul)
organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2019, taking into account the annual theme.
16 September
Ali Hür Yılmaz Bicycle Race: We have aimed to increase the usage of bicycle and the visibility of it by organizing this race between the cyclists in our town and foreign participants.
Bicycle Station for Municipality Personnel: The Municipality personnel have been encouraged to use bicycles as a mean of transport, especially the Municipal Police and the security personnel which works in parks.
Cost Free Bicycle Repair Workshops: We have aimed to encourage our citizens to use their bicycles by opening cost free bicycle repair workshops and repairing their bicycles in various spots of our city.
Walk-up Week: The elevators in the Municipal Buildings have been turned off so the personnel and the citizens have been encouraged to use the stairs.
17 September
Walk-up Week: The elevators in the Municipal Buildings have been turned off so the personnel and the citizens have been encouraged to use the stairs.
Mobility Week Informing Points: Our citizens have been informed about the Mobility Week on the roads that is closed to the traffic in our city.
Visibility Activities: The importance of the week has been stressed via posters, billboards and banners through all over the city.
18 September
Visibility Activities: The importance of the week has been stressed via posters, billboards and banners through all over the city.
Walk-up Week: The elevators in the Municipal Buildings have been turned off so the personnel and the citizens have been encouraged to use the stairs.
Bicycle Station for Municipality Personnel: The Municipality personnel have been encouraged to use bicycles as a mean of transport, especially the Municipal Police and the security personnel which works in parks.
19 September
Visibility Activities: The importance of the week has been stressed via posters, billboards and banners through all over the city.
Walk-up Week: The elevators in the Municipal Buildings have been turned off so the personnel and the citizens have been encouraged to use the stairs.
20 September
Walk With Us: Trekking, yoga and aerobics activities have been conducted with the huge participation of the citizens, and they have also been told about the importance of the mobility week. Through the activities, the citizens have been informed about the active aging. They have also been told that they can do sports at the Municipality’s sports facilities whenever they want.
Walk-up Week: The elevators in the Municipal Buildings have been turned off so the personnel and the citizens have been encouraged to use the stairs.
Mobility Week Informing Points: Our citizens have been informed about the Mobility Week on the roads that is closed to the traffic in our city.
Visibility Activities: The importance of the week has been stressed via posters, billboards and banners through all over the city.
21 September
Visibility Activities: The importance of the week has been stressed via posters, billboards and banners through all over the city.
Cost Free Bicycle Repair Workshops: We have aimed to encourage our citizens to use their bicycles by opening cost free bicycle repair workshops and repairing their bicycles in various spots of our city.
22 September
Walk-up Week: The elevators in the Municipal Buildings have been turned off so the personnel and the citizens have been encouraged to use the stairs.
Mobility Week Informing Points: Our citizens have been informed about the Mobility Week on the roads that is closed to the traffic in our city.
Visibility Activities: The importance of the week has been stressed via posters, billboards and banners through all over the city.
Permanent measures
Büyükçekmece, İstanbul (Buyukcekmece, Istanbul)
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)
planned
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
planned
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 services (express services, increase frequency etc)
planned
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes
planned
The development of accessible transport services for all
planned
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Create park and ride stations
planned
Elaboration of new residential areas
planned
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
planned
Enlargement of pavements
planned
Removal of architectonic barriers
planned
Launch of accessibility plans
planned
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
planned
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
planned
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
planned
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
planned
Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers
planned
Permanent access restriction to city centres
planned
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas
planned