Izmir, Turkey’s third largest province, is increasingly becoming a paradise for Thanks to a thread for cyclists of Local municipal investments.
Incentives that encourage residents to use Bicycles for transportation in the governorate on Turkey’s Aegean coast, as well as the growing predicament of Traffic jams, unfortunate reality of life in big cities. One of These incentives are big discount for Cyclists on ferries operating across the bay of Izmir. Travelers can for only 0.5 Turkish liras ($0.03) board ferries with their bikes. Municipal officials say there is a 100% increase. in the number of Cyclists have been taking ferries since they introduced lower fares two years ago.
the number of Locals rent bikes from bike stations set up across the city by the municipality also nearly 1 million in The past Three years. Link file administrators rise in bike use to escalate cost of fuel for cars as well.
Currently, bicycle stations have more From 422,000 users, including 7900 new subscribers bike rental system.
Sibel Ozgur, who Head of the transportation department of Municipal, says Factors vary in The rising bike use in Izmir, from people I look forward to decrease Their carbon footprint to aversion to mass transit during the COVID-19 pandemic and the municipality’s efforts to boost bike-road infrastructure and more options to encourage use. she says They increased the number of Bike stations from 35 to 60 and were now serving 890 bikes for rent. stations also Providing tandem bikes and children’s bikes for riders.
In two years, the municipality added Another 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) of Bike lanes to the 89km bike lane network It aims to extend it to at least 107 kilometres, both in Central Izmir and its regions.
Murphy Bozkurt is among the cyclists of Izmir pays tribute to the increase in the number of The stations where she can leave the bike she rented. “The bike is more economical and practical means of Transportation for me. I especially ride it to weekend outings with Friends and on the go to places where it’s not too steep. It’s so much better than having to wait for mass transit vehicles, she told Ikhlas News Agency (IHA) on Monday. Dilek Toson, traveler, says She prefers bikes to buses, something she was doing “even before the pandemic.”
“We have more traffic movement, higher Mass transit and fuel charges price He increases. Therefore, we prefer bikes more And more Presently, “Hey says.
