Participating towns and cities

TürkiyeBağcılar, İstanbul, Türkiye

Website:
https://www.bagcilar.bel.tr/tr
Population:
734.000 inhabitants
Department:
Foreign Relation Department
Contact:
Faruk ŞİT
Güneşli Mahallesi Mahmutbey Caddesi No:97 34200 Bağcılar / İSTANBUL
34212 Bağcılar, İstanbul
(++90) 2124100600
Bağcılar, İstanbul already registered 2x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2021 2020

Participation 2021

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Bağcılar, İstanbul organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2021, taking into account the annual theme.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Bağcılar, İstanbul implements, planned or promotes 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) implemented
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems planned
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) implemented
Installation of charging points for e-bikes planned
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes planned
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Extension or creation of new greenways implemented
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) implemented
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) planned
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets planned
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 planned
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
Reduction of outside parking zones implemented
Create park and ride stations implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Elaboration of new residential areas implemented
Introduction or expansion of Urban Vehicle Access Regulation Scheme planned
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Create wheelchair ramps implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers planned
Launch of accessibility plans implemented
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes planned
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc) planned
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Charging points for electric vehicles implemented
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) planned
Testing automated vehicles planned
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution planned
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Create new platforms for freight transfer implemented
Introducing cargo bikes implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans planned
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner) implemented
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Bağcılar, İstanbul 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.