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City of İstanbul
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality
(IBB) is one of the major authorities
that give high importance to sustainable
environment. As for the air pollution
measurements, IBB set up an
online system that evaluates the pollution
of different zones of İstanbul
every day. Not only İBB authorities
but also every citizen can check their
neighborhood’s pollution values. This
enables the authorities to take preemptive
solutions. Since İstanbul is a
city of seas, water pollution is inspected
from the sea and also by helicopters.
İBB also has an online system and
a call center for the waste oils where
the assigned people go to İstanbul residents’
home and pick up the wastes.
Public Transportation: Carrying out
the operation of such urban rail lines
as the metro, tramway and cable car
for one of the leading cities of the
world, İBB Transportation Department
provides modern, reliable and
comfortable public transportation to
1.5 million passengers on its 10 different
routes of 141 km in total. The company
has proven its commitment by
signing the Sustainable Development
Statement of the International Association
of Public Transport.
‘Metrobüs’; busses with special lines
that started giving service in 2007
has many advantages in terms of
sustainability. According to a report
that is published by EMBARQ Center
for Sustainable Transport in İstanbul,
Metrobüs system has reduced the bus
management costs by 23% and has
supplied 9% in road safety. The report
also mentions reduction on travel durations
by 64%.
As İstanbul is divided by Bosphorus,
İBB Maritimes Department continues
to be the preferred transportation alternative
for urban marine transportation.
İBB Maritimes carried almost 53
million passengers and made 225,000
trips in 2013. İstanbul’s 515km coastline
(shore, beaches, ports and walking
lanes) are cleaned up by 36 mobile
teams made up of 24 permanent with
12 temporary teams for the summer
period. In addition to this, the surface
of the water is cleaned by 8 boats
which have been specially produced
for İstanbul.
İstanbul is also developing its bicycle
lanes in the recent years. With 36 kilometers
of bicycle lanes – 18 on the
European and 18 on the Asian side – İstanbul
visitors can ride their own bikes
and also rent bicycles along their travel.
IBB has plans to longer the distance
in the future.
Park your car; go by public transport:
Metropolitan Municipality realised a
first in Turkey with its ‘Park and Go
Project’. Adopted in a very short time
by İstanbulites, the project contributed
hugely to the decrease in traffic
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7.5 billion Turkish Lira
energy saving: İstanbul
Energy Department
carries out maintenance,
repair, construction and
architectural illumination
activities for the city using
fuel derived from marine
debris projects. On average
16,000 tonnes of rubbish is
disposed of daily in İstanbul
with electricity energy
produced from landfill gas
and wastes converted into
fuel. Moreover, plastic wastes
are recycled and organic
waste is re-used as compost
in various parks and gardens
around İstanbul. 20,000
tonnes of soil improver is
produced annually.