Investment in Bicycle Use to Increase in 2022

One of the leading causes of climate change environmental pollution due to fuel consumptionposes a threat that must be avoided. With the increasing prevalence of electric vehicles, new steps continue to be taken in this field. For this purpose, to increase the use of bicycles in Turkey next year. financial support will be provided and bike sharing systems will be established. With these incentives, it is planned to prevent the loss of time caused by traffic, noise and environmental pollution.

In 2022, in accordance with the Bicycle Roads Regulation, financial support will be provided to ‘city bike path’ projects with a length of 1000 kilometers. In addition to the legal and financial supports to increase bicycle use, at historical, touristic and cultural points and motor vehicle entry in shopping areas will be banned. Total length 12 km These areas, which are located and will be reserved for pedestrians, will be implemented under the Environmentally Friendly Street Project.

Cycle routes with a total length of 1700 km are planned:

One of the plans made within the scope of ‘incentive for cycling’ in 2022 is “First Stage Bicycle Paths Implementation Plan”. Total length 1700 km Along with this plan, which includes bicycle paths, new bicycle paths will be built in line with additional demands from municipalities. The length of Turkey from the east to the west 1565 km Considering that there is a total of 1700 km of bicycle paths, it is possible to say that it is a significant target.

Stating that they are happy with these encouraging steps for cycling, Esat Emanet, Chairman of the Bicycle Industry Association (BISED)such positive messages empowering the industry expressed. Emanet, stating that besides being an environmentalist, will affect human health positively, emphasizes that there is an opportunity to have a say in bicycle production and export in the near future.

There are big targets for the EU market:

As with the export of goods with the developing bicycle infrastructure, these new steps an opportunity to strengthen in service exports Emphasizing that there is only one electric bike in the European Union in 2025, Emanet said: 11 million. While such a great economic value points to a substantial potential in production and employment, it forces us to rethink and work on locality rates.” He drew attention to the potential in this field. for EU market ‘in pursuit of being indispensable’ Emanet, stating that they are of bicycle tourism He also stated that it will have an important place in the understanding of tourism.