Izmir Metropolitan Municipality joins the Cities & Regions for Cyclists network
ECF welcomes the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality as the newest member of Cities & Regions for Cyclists, a network bringing together local and regional administrations that actively work to promote the bicycle as a mode of transport and leisure.
As Turkey’s third-largest city, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) holds a very important place within the local administration of Izmir. In such large and growing cities, transportation must be carefully planned to take into consideration issues such as environmental impacts, sustainability and safe transportation.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality plans to extend the current bicycle routes to a total of 453 kilometres by 2030, as a part of its Transportation Master Plan, and aims to scale up the rate of “bicycle use in transportation” from 0.5% today to 1.5% by 2030.
Izmir joins EuroVelo: the European cycle route network.
