Participating towns and cities

Turkey İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality) , Turkey

Website:
https://www.ibb.istanbul/
Population:
16.067.031 inhabitants
Department:
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Transportation Planning Department
Contact:
Dr. Hale EREZ KÜLEKÇİ
İBB Ek Hizmet Binası Osmaniye Mh,
Çobançeşme Koşuyolu Bulvarı
No:5, 34146 Bakırköy - İSTANBUL İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi
(++90) 212 449 40 00
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality) already registered 8x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015

Participation 2021

Activities within the week Activities within the week

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2021, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
1. Start of IMM September Sports Festival
2. Application of a mobile pedestrian stop consisting of simple parts that can be transported by vehicle or bicycle trailer and installed in the field.
3. Application deadline for the "Sustainable Transportation Technologies Idea and Design Competition"
4. Application acceptance period starting September 16, 2021 for the “Data Driven Mobility Hackathon”
5. First aid training at Üsküdar pier
All Week
1. Continuation of bicycle school trainings during the week
2. Advertisement of P+R points with bicycle stations during the week (at 13 points)
3. Implementation of ISBIKE Bike Sharing System with 50% discount during the EMW week
4. Free tea or coffee opportunity for all people who have completed 10 thousand steps a day during the week during their visit to the Karaköy, Eminönü and Kadıköy branches of the Istanbul Bookstore
5. Giving tickets to one of our events that will take place in October for the first 10 people who took 360 thousand steps in September
6. Applying 20% discount to citizens who come to “Istanbul Kitapçısı”-“Hediyem Istanbul” stores and “Kültür AŞ” museums with their bicycles because of encourage the use of bicycles for a sustainable and healthy life
7. Giving metro-tram tickets who use the tram and metro P+R areas
17 September
1. EMW Walk in the Historic Peninsula with Mayor of IMM and EU Ambassador
2. Morning sports with the Directorate of Hospice
3. “Mobile Cleaning Control”
a. First Cleaning Team: Eminönü Square - Galata Bridge - Karaköy Azapkapı Park Area
b. Second Cleaning Team: Eminönü Square - Haliç Metro Bridge - Karaköy Azapkapı Park Area
4. Avcılar Municipality - European Mobility Week Walking
18 September
1. Cycling tour in Maltepe Orhangazi City Park with Cycling School graduates
2. Carrying out a coastal cleaning event with bicycles on Caddebostan Coast between 09:30 and 12:00, under the leadership of İSTAÇ employees, with the participation of our employees' families and volunteers.
3. World Cleanup Day Activities
4. Alternative & Innovative Urban Mobility: Marine Transportation Panel
19 September
Add Awareness to the Movement” event by İSMEK Employees at Orhangazi City Park
2. First aid training in Kabataş Pier
3. Sports with the Directorate of Hospice
20 September
1. Historical peninsula tour with Yenikapı İSBİKE Cycling school trainers and managers
2. Ulu Gazi Wrestling Events
21 September
1. Exercise & Sports using thera-band with the Directorate of Hospice
2. First aid training in Beşiktaş Pier
22 September
1. Closing Abdi İpekçi Street and organizing events on the street as part of Car Free Day
2. Organizing jenga, hoop and bowling competitions on the carpet field with the Directorate of Hospice
3. E-sports workshop
4. First aid training in Abdi İpekci Street, Nişantaşı

Permanent measures 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)
Installation of charging points for e-bikes
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes planned
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 network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Development of new technologies to improve public transport planned
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes planned
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools planned
Reduction of outside parking zones planned
Create park and ride stations
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Elaboration of new residential areas planned
Introduction or expansion of Urban Vehicle Access Regulation Scheme planned
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans planned
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility planned
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes planned
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
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
Use of clean vehicles planned
Create new platforms for freight transfer planned
Introducing cargo bikes planned
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans planned
Adoption of school travel plans planned
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
Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers planned
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Launch of seamless transport modes to facilitate access to business areas or other social areas
Create systems for buses and walking trains planned
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas

Car-free day Car-free day

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality) carries out a Car-Free Day 2021 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:
Abdi İpekçi Street in Şişli district of Istanbul will be closed to traffic.