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The Street in My Dreams: Healthy Streets Workshop in Bakırköy

As part of the European Mobility Week, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality organized a healthy street workshop called Street in My Dreams workshop of Istanbul Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) Phase II- Implementation Plan Project which is financed under the Sectoral Operational Programme (USOP) for Transport managed by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, was held on 17 September 2024 in Bakırköy, Istanbul. The workshop was planned to organize Pelinli Street in order to develop solutions to make the streets more people-oriented and livable.

At the opening of the workshop, IBB Transportation Planning Branch Manager Melda Horoz emphasized the importance of the European Mobility Week and summarized the purpose of the workshop with the statements “Our priority is people, our priority is pedestrians”. Afterwards, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sertaç Erten gave a briefing on the concept of healthy streets and stated that streets are common public spaces, and a more people-oriented transportation planning is aimed. “By building comfortable, safe and accessible streets, we will develop solutions that leave no one behind,” he said.

During the workshop, the problems on the streets were observed with a walk on Pelinli Street. Participants examined pavement availability, parking problems and the relationship between public spaces on the street and pedestrians, and proposed solutions to make streets more accessible and safer. In addition, examples of good practices from around the world were examined and three alternative solutions for Pelinli Street were discussed in the light of these examples.

At the end of the workshop, the participants shared their ideas on how to make the streets more accessible in accordance with the principles of healthy streets.