New Smart Solutions for Istanbul Transportation, “New Generation Vehicles” session was held within the scope of Ulaşım Sustainable Transportation Congress in of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Assoc. Dr. Eda Beyazit in thin facilitated (moderator) session held in smart mobility in Turkey, autonomous vehicles, touched on topics such as new transportation technologies. In the session, the different dimensions of an innovative transportation were discussed and the opportunities they created for Istanbul were discussed.
Oturum New Generation Vehicles oturum session was held within the scope of Ulaşım Sustainable Transportation Congress in of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Assoc. Dr. Berrin Benli from Novusens Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, Prof. Dr. Eda Beyazıt İnce. Dr. Nejat Tuncay, Assoc. Dr. Nihan Akyelken took part as a speaker. After the session, Burçin Açan from Zorlu Energy, Kerem Deveci from Devecitech and Gökşen Atalay from Duckt participated as participants.
Read more: TR: New Smart Solutions for Istanbul Transportation
Almost 44 million people, more than half of Turkey's population, use the online government portal e-Devlet (e-State), according to the Digital Transformation Office head Ali Taha Koç.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Koç said the portal has seen user numbers grow over the years. It was visited by more than 44.5 million users so far in 2019, compared to just 6,990 in 2008, when it was launched.
Read more: TR: Number of e-government users reaches 44 million
Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, which focuses on 'smart urbanism' investments in the projects that will carry Bursa in the future, has started to reap the fruits of its activities in this field. The Welfare Fund of the United Kingdom provided an 2 million pound grant to the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality's Smart City and Urban Transformation theme 3,2 within the scope of the “Cities of the Future” program.
Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, which has determined the steps that emphasize smart urbanism from transportation to infrastructure, from environment to superstructure investments, became the first Metropolitan Municipality to establish Smart Urbanism and Innovation Department by signing a first in this field. In order to solve the problems of the city, to increase the quality of life of the citizens and to use resources efficiently and efficiently, Bursa has started the journey of “Smart City Bursa“. With this vision, work has been started as of July 2018 as part of the Ref Cities of the Future ”program of the UK Welfare Fund.
Read more: TR: Marmara Region: Bursa Smart City Project Works Fruits
Union of Municipalities of Turkey (TBB) and National Smart City Planning, Implementation by Example Smart Strategy and Action Plan as discussed in "Smart Cities" conference was held.
At the “Smart Cities” meeting held in Ankara where metropolitan municipalities, provincial municipalities and district municipalities with a population above a certain number were invited to the “Smart Cities”, Secretary General of UMT Birol Ekici, Deputy Director General of Geographical Information Systems Ministry of Environment and Urbanization Hüseyin Bayraktar and Ministry of Interior Information Processing Department President Osman Hacıbektaşoğlu.
Read more: TR: Smart City Planning Applications of Konya Metropolitan Municipality
Canay Atalay breaks down how to create a conscious smart city and the role it will play in the future during Turkey's Innovation Week.
The rise of the smart city has already begun, brought about by the rapid development of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, the IoT, autonomous transportation, and new sustainable forms of energy. However, understanding the specific roles the smart city will play in people's lives very much dictates how we build these cities.
Read more: Turkey's Innovation Week Tackles the Importance of Building "Conscious Smart Cities"