Participating towns and cities

Türkiye 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 2016

Activities within the week Activities within the week

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2016, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
*** 2016/09/21 Wednesday, 18.30
Sustainable Transportation Panel
Historical Gas Building Cultural Center

*** 2016/09/22, Thursday, Plevne Boullevard 07.00 a.m
Car-Free Day Izmir
Here is the content of Car-Free Day activities:
- Several exhibitions,
- Workshops (yoga, cartoon, origami, painting, ceramic, mask, puppet, )
- Concerts,
- Theatre groups performing on streets,
- Dance (on streets)
- Several races and sports activities (on streets)
- Tree and flowers seeding
- Decorating, tree and flower planting for the streets
- Painting and reshaping streets

*** 2016/09/23, Friday, Alsancak, 19.00, Open-air cinema "Cars vs Bicycles"

*** 2016/09/24 Saturday, 11.00, Historical Gas Factory Cultural Center, Interview with Aydan Çelik "To be or not be with bike"


*** 2016/09/25, Sunday, 17.30
Fancy Women Cycling Tour www.suslukadinlarbisikletturu.com
Fancy Women Cycling Tour, Izmir

Sema Gür ,has organized the ‘’fancy women cycling tour’’ for the first time in 2013 on World Car Free Day. Sema wanted to show everyone that women can ride a bicycle and can do it even with frilly skirts,fancy dresses and with high- heeled shoes.
Sema created an event on Facebook and invited her friends to join her to cycle in the city on World Car Free Day. Almost 250 ‘’fancy’’ women participated the city tour with their flower-decorated bicycles.
She has created a facebook event and invited her friends. There were more than 500 women all dressed up for this very special event. In 2014 there were almost 1000 women who met in Konak Square and cycled in the city center.
The cycling route for the event is easy and short
(approx 5 km). 5 participation conditions are:
1- You have to be a woman
2- You have to be fancy
3- You should come with a fancy bicycle
4- Able to cycle max. 10km/h
5- be able to wave your hand while cycling
This event will be organized every year world car free day for awareness purposes.
If women use bicycles, everyone would do the same, because this is a proof that the city is safe for cycling.
Fancy Women Cycling Tour www.suslukadinlarbisikletturu.com

Permanent measures 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
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Create park and ride stations implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Create wheelchair ramps implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes implemented
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution implemented
Mobility management
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner) implemented
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) carries out a Car-free day 2016 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.