Participating towns and cities

Türkiye, 2014

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) , Türkiye

Website:

https://www.izmir.bel.tr/

Population:

4.367.251 inhabitants

Department:

Transportation Planning Department

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) already registered 15x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012 2009 2002

Participation 2014

Activities within the week

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2014, taking into account the annual theme.

All week

During the week of 16-22 September, İzmir City Council, operating with the support of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality will organize several actions fully in accordance with this year's theme. Most of the actions will take place in public areas and streets of the city aiming to get the participation of many city residents as possible.
Actions, planned within the framework of European Mobility Week organization are given below:
- A panel on "Sustainable Transportation" will be held on 16th September Tuesday
- During 16-22 September, cartoon exhibition on "Car Free Day"
- Magnets, brochures and promotion materials will be presented to the residents that use public transportation during the week,
- On September 22nd, Car Free Day will be organized,
- Several exhibitions,
- Workshops (yoga, cartoon, origami, painting)
- Concerts,
- Theatre groups performing on streets,
- Dance and fashion exhibitions (on streets)
- Several races and sports activities (on streets)
- Tree and flowers seeding
- Painting and reshaping streets
- Gifting houseplants to the residents of the city for decorating their balconies

Permanent measures

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) 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 implemented

Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) implemented

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) implemented

Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented

Development of new technologies to improve public transport implemented

Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes implemented

The development of accessible transport services for all implemented

Traffic calming and access control scheme

Reduction of outside parking zones implemented

Create park and ride stations implemented

Accessibilities

Create the tactile pavements implemented

Create wheelchair ramps implemented

Lowering of pavements implemented

Enlargement of pavements implemented

Launch of accessibility plans implemented

Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented

New forms of vehicle use and ownership

Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc) implemented

Use of clean vehicles implemented

Mobility management

Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented

Elaboration of educational materials implemented

Permanent access restriction to city centres implemented

Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places implemented

Further info

- Enlargement of sidewalks in at least three of main streets of the city,
- Adding at least 5 kilometers of new cycle routes to the current routes

Car-free day

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) carries out a Car-free day 2014 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.