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Held on April 28, 2014, the Road Safety in Urban Transport conference addressed many different challenges in creating safer streets and healthy cities, tackling both the physical design of Turkey’s roadways and the policies surrounding road safety. The conference was supported by the Ministry of Transportation, Communication and Maritime Affairs; Traffic Safety Platform of Turkey; the World Health Organization (WHO); Red Crescent Turkey; Istanbul’s largest public transport operator IETT; Traffic and Transport Safety Research Center; and the Suat Ayöz Traffic Accidents Victims Assocation and was sponsored by 3M and AYGAZ.
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EMBARQ Turkey organized the Road Safety in Urban Transport Conference with the support of 3M and AYGAZ. From left to right: Arda Gezdur, Transportation Manager, AYGAZ; Hande Küçükcoşkun, Communications and Knowledgement Management Specialist, EMBARQ Turkey; Ercüment Polat, Marketing Director, AYGAZ; Arzu Tekir, Director, EMBARQ Turkey; Mehmet Uras, Marketing Division, AYGAZ; and Önder Akan, Transportation Division, AYGAZ.
Yılmaz Baştuğ (speaking), President of the Traffic Safety Platform of Turkey, participated in a session on the 2020 Decade of Action on Road Safety goals at EMBARQ Turkey's Road Safety in Urban Transport Conference. Photo by EMBARQ Turkey.
3M, a major manufacturer of road safety materials like reflectors and pavement markings, was a sponsor of EMBARQ Turkey's Road Safety in Urban Transport conference. Photo by EMBARQ Turkey.