Activities within the week
Kadıköy, İstanbul (Kadikoy, Istanbul)
organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2019, taking into account the annual theme.
16 September
Yoga for the employees of the Municipality at 12.00-1.00 p.m
17 September
Pilates for the employees of the Municipality at 12.00-1.00 p.m
Physical Exercises for the Spine Health of Employees in the garden of the Municipality at 3.00-3.20 p.m
18 September
Yoga for the employees of the Municipality at 12.00-1.00 p.m
19 September
Pilates for the employees of the Municipality at 12.00-1.00 p.m
20 September
Yoga for the employees of the Municipality at 12.00-1.00 p.m
Physical Exercises for the Spine Health of Employees in the garden of the Municipality at 3.00-3.20 p.m
21 September
Yoga at Yoğurtçu Park at 10.00-11.00 a.m for the participants of the Let's Do it Event (the event for the garbage collection&cleaning the coastal areas)
22 September
Morning sport with Mr. Aykut AY, National Athlete, open to public for free at Caddebostan seaside at 8.00-9.00 a.m
Permanent measures
Kadıköy, İstanbul (Kadikoy, 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)
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
planned
Organization of bicycle tours on national holidays; planning to implement the project of “cycle to the game” including also a huge bicycle park to promote soccer fans to reach the Fenerbahçe Stadium i
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Use of eligible materials to achieve calmer traffic; specisifically the adoption of the idea as "less asphalt, safer streets" and using stone instead of asphalt
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Launch of seamless transport modes to facilitate access to business areas or other social areas
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places
Car-free day
Kadıköy, İstanbul (Kadikoy, Istanbul)
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:
Bağdat Street, which is
-one of the most popular street for shopping and recreation
-an attractive location for both residents of İstanbul and the tourists
-a main 4-lane axis carrying a heavy traffic load and providing the connection among the central areas in the transport system of the Anatolian side of the city (İstanbul)
is going to be closed to traffic.
Kadıköy, İstanbul (Kadikoy, Istanbul)
, Turkey
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