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After the growing number of cases, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that standing passengers were banned from public transport after the cabinet meeting. After the ban began, the view of passengers waiting for empty buses at stops. Organized overtime practice in Ankara came to the fore for Istanbul.
“IF A STAGE IS MADE, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE COVERED TOGETHER”
According to the results of the survey conducted by the Scientific Committee of Public Transport on behalf of the Istanbul Governorate, 60 percent of public transport vehicles are used by private sector employees. Saying that private sector employees should be included in the work in stages, the Head of the Public Transport Science Board, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ilıcalı said: “The number of normally 9 million was reduced to 900 thousand in our studies in April, May and June. As we slowly return, public transport trips have been around 4.2 million in the last week. “If a stratification is going to be done, it should cover the private sector and the public together. Otherwise, the result will not be successful. Even on trips that decreased by 90 percent during the pandemic period, the majority of travelers were supermarket workers, police officers and healthcare workers. “
THE GOVERNMENT WILL MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
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Stating that studies on the subject are continuing by the Istanbul governorate, Prof. Dr. Ilıcalı said: “The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is responsible for public transport. The governorate met with the IMM on Thursday. It will take place a joint study. The Government will meet with the industry chambers and representatives of the private sector for the private sector and will organize the work accordingly, “he said.
“THE CAPACITY IS NOT ENOUGH TO COMPLY WITH THE TRIPS”
Prof. Dr. Ilıcalı continued his words as follows:
“When we reach the current normal state and as it is today, the capacity is not enough to handle the trips at peak times. To do this, we need to manage and reduce demand. Therefore, the qualification of the work is very important. Come alive with our President’s announcement. I am very happy about it. In recent weeks, the metrobus trips have been around 500 thousand in one day, there are two peak points, 50 thousand between 08.00 to 09.00 in the morning and 50-55 thousand between 17.00 and 18.00 in the afternoon, the goal of the stratification of overtime is to decrease these peak hours. If it is divided into 4 groups and if there are groups that start at 07:00, 08:00, 09:00 and 10:00 in the morning, the numbers from 50-55 thousand decrease to at least 20 thousand. In this way, social distance is adjusted and risk is reduced ”.
