Citizen-centered Smart Cities

As cities face accelerating environmental, social, and mobility challenges, the conversation around sustainable urban mobility, smart city transformation, and clean-air urban environments has become increasingly critical. The Future of Mobility Summit (Mobilitenin Geleceği Zirvesi), held on 14 May 2025 and organised in collaboration with Forbes Türkiye and the SMİ (Sürdürülebilir Mobilite İnisiyatifi), brought together leading experts to discuss how mobility systems are reshaping the future of urban life.

Within this context, the panel titled “Smart and Clean-Air Cities” convened leading experts from municipal authorities, industry, and the investment ecosystem to explore how cities can evolve into cleaner, smarter, and more resilient living spaces. The panel moderated by Sinan Özkök (otoplus/otonet), featured Leyla Arsan (CEO, TAGES), Dr. Hasan Görgülü (Konya Metropolitan Municipality), Filiz Evran (Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality), and Memet Yazıcı (Manhattan Venture Partners)  all offering multidimensional insights shaped by real-world experience and ongoing innovation in topics such as urban mobility innovation, clean-air strategies, smart infrastructure, and data-driven city planning.

Following the panel discussions, Leyla Arsan shared additional reflections in a video interview, offering a practical and forward-thinking lens on the future of sustainable urban mobility. Drawing on her extensive work in European and international innovation initiatives, she emphasized that mobility technologies — no matter how advanced — have value only when they:

·       measurably enhance daily urban experiences,

·       contribute to cleaner and healthier cities, and

·       support long-term sustainability goals.

You can watch the interview here (Turkish):

Collaboration: The Foundation of Smart City Transformation

Arsan highlighted that municipalities, technology providers, innovators, and citizens must co-create solutions. Real transformation emerges not from isolated pilots, but from ecosystems where public and private actors work together, test together, and iterate together. This approach mirrors TAGES’s long-standing role as an innovation partner in European projects, connecting pilot cities, user groups, and solution developers to validate real-life mobility services.

If you would like to collaborate on smart mobility, urban innovation, or data-driven city solutions, feel free to reach out to us.

TAGES is open to partnerships, pilot city engagements, and innovation-driven initiatives that shape the future of sustainable urban life.