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Smart Bikes in Konya

Smart Bikes in Konya
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12.01.2009 NTVMSNBC

The application of "Smart Bike" which is widely used in America and Europe will be launched in Konya.

[[T]]Constant Metropolitan Mayor Tahir Akyürek said that everyone who has a card in my smart bicycle site, which will be launched in 2010. Akyürek stated that Konya is the most popular city used in Turkey, so they are a project to use the bike in public of the city. Akyürek, who said that the tender of the project, which they gave the name 'Smart Bicycle', expressed that the bicycle use in bulk transportation in Konya will start a year later. Akyürek, who expresses the Happiness of being a principle in Turkey with the project expected to cost 8-10 million euros along with its infrastructure, ‘Tramvay and main bus route40 bike stations will be installed. The number of bikes to be used in the first place is 500'''' said. In 2010, everyone who has a card on the Smart Bicycle site will be able to leave another station from a station, warn: "The bikes will be used by the GPRS system from the satellite. When the number of passengers in a station nearby, the system will automatically warn the authorities, and the bicycle supplement to the station will be held. Our citizens from home to public transport will not be in case of using special tools. At the same time, you can walk around with the national bike that is the business in the market and leave the bike to the place where it gets again. Thanks to this system that will be applied for the first time in Turkey, exhaust fume pollution will be reduced to both in- urban transportation and less vehicle use. "Akyurek expressed that the smart bicycle system will reduce air pollution, as well as the development of healthy society awareness. Akyürek, which tells us that the bike transportation system is currently used in cities such as Paris and Barcelona, we want to give our people the habit of cycling. Thus, we will take an important step for the healthy life of our citizens. There is no doubt that the project will interest you. Finally, with a contemporary transportation system, we’ll have a little more relaxation transportation in Konya, which is already known to be extremely regular city. Akyürek added that in the areas where the Smart Bike system is particularly popular, it will time bring to citizens in transportation. [[[T]] [[T][6][http://yesil.ntvmsnbc.com/News/News/NewsDetail.aspx?HaberId=964
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