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İzmir urban transportation and infrastructure development

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İzmir is implementing various infrastructure and transportation initiatives focused on maintenance, seismic safety, and sustainability. Urban transit improvements include regular maintenance of escalators and elevators across 24 metro ~~stations to ensure high facility uptime. Additionally, the~~ stations. İzmir Metro AŞ is currently maintaining 195 escalators and 85 elevators, with General Manager Ahmet Sinan Karakuzu noting that heavy maintenance is performed by internal technical teams. These facilities maintain an average daily active rate of 93 percent. The Şemikler Vehicle Overpass Project has resumed, incorporating soil improvement techniques developed with Ege University to mitigate liquefaction risks in an active earthquake zone. Once finished, the 220-meter overpass is expected to ~~significantly~~ reduce the travel ~~distances~~ distance between Karşıyaka Yalı Mahallesi and Şemikler ~~Mahallesi.~~ Mahallesi from 5 kilometers to just 1 kilometer. Parallel efforts in sustainable transport involve ~~the use of~~ an electric vehicle fleet. The İzmir Metropolitan Municipality reported that its 100 electric ~~vehicles have~~ vehicles, having traveled 7.5 million kilometers, achieved an 81 percent reduction in fuel costs compared to fossil-fuel ~~alternatives.~~ alternatives, resulting in 25 million lira in savings. To support this transition, the municipality established an Electric Vehicle Maintenance Workshop, which ~~now~~ performs nearly 90 percent of vehicle repairs in-house, reducing ~~reliance on external services.~~ maintenance and repair costs by approximately five times.

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