With the opening of schools, a traffic nightmare has also begun in Istanbul. During peak hours, defined as morning commutes and evening returns, congestion on main arteries increases, while ignoring parking restrictions on side streets causes complete chaos. Traffic congestion also means increased air pollution. While there are approximately 5 million 561 thousand vehicles in Istanbul, approximately 40 percent of these vehicles run on diesel fuel. Diesel vehicles, which are twice the average in European Union countries, cause particulate and nitrogen dioxide pollution.
SMART INTERSECTION PROPOSAL
According to the latest research, 85 percent of the traffic congestion in the megacity is caused by cars. An additional 15 percent increase in traffic means that the traffic speed of 15 km/h has doubled. Experts, however, draw attention to the fact that the so-called “unbearable threshold” level of congestion has started to be seen almost every hour of the day with the opening of schools, They propose the implementation of preferential routes in public transportation and the commissioning of smart intersection systems.
A THOUSAND KM LINE IS NEEDED
Expressing that the total length of metro lines in Istanbul is 323 km, Istanbul Commerce University Transportation Department Director Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ilıcalı emphasized that this distance should definitely be increased to 1,000 km and said, “8 million people travel by public transportation in the city every day. The daily number of passengers carried by the metro is 2.5 million. If train journeys are reduced to 1.5 minutes instead of 3 with a safe system, congestion can be prevented. 90 thousand passengers can be carried per hour with journeys at 1.5-minute intervals in 8 carriages. he spoke.
BACK TO METRO-BUS!
On the other hand, during peak hours, there are scenes of congestion in metrobus and İETT vehicles as well as metro stations. While long queues form on the escalators at Mecidiyeköy, Taksim, Levent, Gayrettepe stations, it is stated that the only solution is to reduce the time between trips to 1.5 minutes. Prof. Dr. Ilıcalı drew attention to the need to reduce the time between trips to 1.5 minutes, especially in Yenikapı-Hacıosman, Kadıköy-Kartal, Üsküdar-Çekmeköy and Marmaray, “The safe travel system should be activated and the train service interval should be reduced to 1.5 minutes. “For system security reasons, the minimum travel time is 1.5 minutes.”
POPULATION SHOULD BE REDUCE
Urban Planning Expert Erhan Demirdizen stated that the chaos experienced in Istanbul is the result of a 45-year process and said: “There is a process that started in the late 70s and Istanbul is growing without a plan. As long as attraction centers are not created in different cities and regions and the population of Istanbul does not decrease, the traffic and public transportation problem will not be solved.”
LIFE RASP
While approximately 610 vehicles are in service on the metrobus line, which has been on the agenda with accidents and malfunctions in recent days, not all vehicles can go on the trip at the same time. Under normal conditions, the trip duration on the 30-kilometer Avcılar-Zincirlikuyu line is 60 minutes, and the trip duration on the 42-kilometer Avcılar-Beylikdüzü line is an average of 95 minutes. The journey time on the Beylikdüzü-Chainlikuyu line is 65-70 minutes. Due to the crowds at peak hours on the metrobuses, the journey is like a pile of fish.
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