PUBLIC TRANSPORT * Turkey - The heyday of public transportation in İstanbul
İstanbul,Turkey -Sunday's Zaman, by İSMAİL KOCABIYIK -15 Sept 2008: -- Istanbul residents have had to deal with heavy traffic day in and day out until recently, when new projects undertaken by the İstanbul Municipality and the İstanbul Transportation Authority (İETT) were completed... Traffic jams are the biggest problem İstanbulites have had to deal with for years; however, the latest steps taken by the İstanbul Municipality and the İETT have raised hopes that this problem is being solved... İstanbul's public transportation infrastructure has lagged behind. The city received its first light rail metro system in 1994, 123 years after the construction of the funicular between Tünel and Karaköy. The first subway opened in 2000, 129 years after Tünel. İstanbul focused on rail and sea transport to reduce highway congestion, efforts that are finally beginning to pay off. Public buses are being modernized and metrobuses have been introduced. The metrobus is a new transportation mode that integrates with the underground metro and regular city buses. It has on a dedicated lane on the E-5 highway and is therefore immune from traffic congestion... (Photo: Commuters on public transport are not affected by heavy traffic during rush hour; however, drivers of personal cars are stuck in the middle of a traffic jam)=Labels: public transport systems
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