The new academic year started smoothly and healthily. While there was no serious traffic jam, the roads were kept open by responding to accidents and breakdowns immediately. Traffic controls and directions were made in front of the main arteries and schools. Public transportation vehicles provide free service between 06:00 and 14:00 today. Relevant institutions in Istanbul were on alert at the IMM Transportation Management Center as of 07.00:XNUMX in the morning. Adding additional services to public transportation and providing free service had a positive effect on traffic.
The 2022 – 2023 Academic Year started smoothly throughout Istanbul. Throughout the city, 2 million 934 thousand 155 students and 163 thousand 784 teachers started the new academic year in a healthy way in 6.840 schools. 16 thousand service vehicles went to traffic and 300 carried a student. Representatives of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) and other public institutions were on the alert since the morning hours to ensure that the new education season starts smoothly. Transportation services and traffic flow throughout the city were directed from the Transportation Management Center (UYM) in the İBB Bakırköy Additional Service Building.
İBB Deputy Secretary General Dr. Buğra Gökce said that IMM transportation units, IETT, Metro Istanbul, City Lines and Istanbul Chamber of Servicemen President Günhan Sinar have been on duty at UYM since 07.00:XNUMX for the traffic management and coordination of Istanbul.
TRAFFIC DENSITY AVERAGE STAYS AT 50 PERCENT
Stating that a better school start was made in terms of traffic in Istanbul than 2021, the traffic density was 60 percent at the most, and it decreased below 09.00 percent after 50:XNUMX in the morning, Gökce shared the following information:
“As of the first day of schools, our morning intensity average, which was 56 percent the previous year, has dropped to 50 percent today. The measures we have taken, the coordination of the relevant units of our Istanbul Governorship and our transportation tradesmen, and the free public transportation between 06.00 and 14.00 have an effect on this. There was a slight increase in the use of public transportation vehicles, but there were no densities that could not be met. Therefore, we can say that we made a slightly better and more successful first day start compared to previous years.”
Dr. Buğra Gökce pointed out that there were 4-5 accidents and breakdowns that would affect the traffic flow throughout Istanbul in the morning, and noted that the teams responded to all these negativities with the tow trucks on the field and fluidity was ensured in transportation. Gökçe said, “Our İBB President Ekrem İmamoğluWe would like to thank all the people of Istanbul who use public transportation at the call of . We wish our students, teachers and parents a peaceful and productive academic year.
ATTENTION TO BEŞİKTAŞ SURROUNDINGS AT EVENING HOURS!
Stating that there is no serious congestion expected as the traffic will spread to longer hours in the evening, Gökce said, “There may be a density due to the football match to be played at 19.00:XNUMX, which is the peak hour of the evening traffic at Beşiktaş Stadium. We have applied to the Turkish Football Federation to move the match time to a later time so that the intensity will be less. We recommend that our citizens, who will be in Beşiktaş and Şişli region at that time, to be more careful and to use alternative routes and public transportation,” he said.
INSTANT FOLLOWING WITH 3 CAMERA
Stating that they have been monitoring Istanbul traffic with 3 cameras since morning hours, İBB Transportation Department Head Utku Cihan said, “We monitor the traffic flow moment by moment and intervene immediately to eliminate the negativities. We finished the morning hours with less intensity than we expected and a healthy school start. In the evening hours, we will be here at our duty to direct the transportation and traffic flow throughout the city.”
ADDITIONAL 2 thousand 248 voyages have been placed in public transport
Ozgur Soy, General Manager of Metro Istanbul AŞ, who shared the information that public transportation vehicles increased the number of flights by switching to the winter schedule on the first day of schools, said, “As Metro Istanbul, we have put 332 additional flights today and increased our passenger capacity by 15 percent. IETT also carries approximately 2 thousand additional passengers by making approximately 500 additional flights. We see that Istanbulites prefer public transportation more today. There was a certain passenger density in the morning hours on our T1, T4 tram lines and M1, M4 subway lines. But we did not have any passengers staying on the platform, and we reduced the congestion with additional flights. "Everything is going well in public transportation," he said.
Measures Taken Due to the Opening of Schools
• On the day of opening of schools (Monday, September 12, 2022) between 06:00 – 14:00, public transportation vehicles (tickets included in the integration) are free of charge.
• During the first 2 days when schools are opened, school busses make use of ferryboats with priority.
• On Monday, September 12, school bus vehicles can park free of charge from ISPARK A.Ş.'s 89 car parks around the school.
• Istanbul traffic is monitored through urban cameras, and blocked arteries are reported to the relevant units and resolved immediately.
• Along with mobile EDS vehicles, IMM inspection teams, civil traffic and municipal police teams conduct inspections in coordination.
• Gendarmerie took measures with Traffic, Public Security Prevention Intervention, Crime Prevention and Research Patrols and in front of and near schools with sufficient number and personnel in order to carry out traffic, safety and public order services.
• Police, gendarmerie, IMM and district municipalities' constables are on duty in schools that are important in terms of traffic safety.
• With the opening of schools, necessary information and guidance are provided on the internet, mobile platforms and 'Variable Message Systems' in order to ensure the best functioning of the traffic flow.
• A 1-week 'I AM A SENSITIVE DRIVER' sign was hung on the signal poles. 6.826 “Pedestrian First” symbols were applied at 2.850 level pedestrians and 1.115 level school crossings.
• A sufficient number of constables were assigned to school circles during morning rush hours. Traffic inspections were carried out in coordination with the security forces.
•Accidents were intervened immediately. İBB keeps 12 tow trucks ready to assist the security teams.
• It is ensured that the continuation of essential work is carried out in the night shift. (between 22:00 and 05:00). There is no daytime work at the construction sites during the week when schools are opened. All the issues that would hinder the traffic have been removed, the works will be started gradually later. It was ensured that the existing works were completed before the school opening day.
• İSKİ, İGDAŞ, AYEDAŞ, TÜRK TELEKOM, BEDAŞ etc., which carry out infrastructure works. It was ensured that the studies were completed by the opening week of the academic term by communicating with the institutions in advance.
• Necessary information is provided to ensure that the vehicles, drivers and guide personnel that will be put into service work in accordance with the relevant legislation.
• Drivers who will use School Bus Vehicles are tested by the Provincial Health Directorate for alcohol and stimulants. IMM and Provincial Health Directorate teams also perform alcohol and stimulant tests on people who apply for a Public Transport Vehicle Usage Certificate. In this context, 192 thousand 392 drivers (taxi, minibus, shuttle, etc.) candidates have been tested so far. 7.823 of the people tested were positive and they were prevented from driving.
• Necessary convenience is provided for the school bus vehicles to use the school grounds during loading and unloading of students and picking them up.
• By informing the schools, the students around the school were allowed to get out of the vehicles and enter the school building under the control of the “School Gatekeepers” consisting of Guidance Staff and Teachers.
• The full addresses and contact information of the students who will use the shuttle were given to the shuttle drivers, and an announcement was made to the parents.
• Parents https://tuhim.ibb.gov.tr You can benefit from services such as asking registered drivers and calculating school service fees.
• Public Transport Vehicle Usage Documents of school bus drivers https://tuhim.ibb.gov.tr controlled from. Schools are visited by IMM Teams to inform them about this issue and the brochures prepared are distributed to the parents.
• It has been ensured that students are not transported above the transportation limit, students are not unloaded except at the drop-off points, and the message 'SOLUTION CENTER ALO 153' is posted on the shuttle vehicles.
• School Bus Vehicles and Bus Drivers are checked in front of the school and on the road routes. Pirate service vehicles are not allowed.
• In the 2022-2023 Education Period, information activities will be held in Schools and Traffic Education Parks for students.
• Signaling, urban traffic cameras and lane lines (especially horizontal-vertical signs at pedestrian crossings around schools) were repaired where necessary before the schools were opened. Premark (horizontal marking) applications are finished.
• Trainings will be organized for school bus drivers within the scope of the Transportation Academy.
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