Participating towns and cities

Turkey İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) , Turkey

Population:
4.367.251 inhabitants
Department:
Sustainable Transportation Planning Department
Contact:
Demet Burçin GEZGİN
Mimar Sinan Mahallesi 9 Eylül Meydanı No:9/1 Kültürpark içi 1 no'lu Hol
35250 İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi
+90 232 293 9120
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) already registered 13x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012 2009 2002

Participation 2022

Activities within the week Activities within the week

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2022, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
Bike to School Day - SELÇUK
Students of a pilot primary school selected in Selçuk, one of the districts outside the City Center, will be provided with the experience of going to school by bicycle. Before the tour, students will be given breakfast, bicycle helmets and cycling gloves, and warm-up exercises. The tour will be carried out in the presence of police and medical personnel by closing a highway lane. In the event to be held at the school after the tour, a cartoon with the theme of sustainable transportation will be shown to the students. Planned Number of Participants: 50.
17 September
Traditional İzmir City Center Bicycle Tour - City Center
A public bike tour will take place in the city centre. Before the tour of approximately 8.5 kilometers, various gifts will be given to the participants to promote cycling and sustainability. A lane will be closed to traffic on the tour route, and the police and ambulance will accompany the participants throughout the tour. The tour will be completed in the İnciraltı Urban Forest, where various activities, concerts and dinner will be offered for the participants.
19 September
Bike to Work Day
Breakfast will be distributed to the citizens who go to work with their bicycles between 07:30 and 09:00 in the morning from the tents that will be set up at 3 points in the city center. In addition, these tents will provide free simple maintenance service to those who come with their bicycles throughout the day. Announcements will be made on İzmir Metropolitan Municipality social media accounts, municipality billboards and digital information boards throughout the week to encourage citizens to go to work by bicycle.
20 September
Bike to Work Day
Breakfast will be distributed to the citizens who go to work with their bicycles between 07:30 and 09:00 in the morning from the tents that will be set up at 3 points in the city center. In addition, these tents will provide free simple maintenance service to those who come with their bicycles throughout the day.Announcements will be made on İzmir Metropolitan Municipality social media accounts, municipality billboards and digital information boards throughout the week to encourage citizens to go to work by bicycle.
22 September
Car Free Day
Gaziosmanpaşa Boulevard, one of the main transportation axes of the city center, will be closed to motor vehicle traffic throughout the day. During the day, sports activities, e-scooter test drives, educational and entertaining activities for children, music and dance performances will be held in the area. The Mayor is expected to visit the site and give an encouraging speech on sustainable transportation.

Car-free day Car-free day

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) carries out a Car-Free Day 2022 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.