Metrobus is the most suitable: Metrobus line for the last month, the occurrence of a continuous accident is being discussed. The Chamber of Mechanical Engineers says “Metrobus is not suitable for Istanbul, but for cities with miniature scale Met, while Zeynep Pınar Mutlu, Managing Director of Metrobus says met The most suitable system for Istanbul met.
For the last month, we have often heard traffic accidents involving the word 'metrobus'. But these are not just accidents caused by BRTs. It is possible to come across cars that enter the metrobus road, TIRs plunging into the metrobus stop and more. Of course, the metrobus that strikes each other on the special road allocated to them and usually deteriorates on the ramps should not be denied. As a result, the increase in the problems experienced in the last days of the BRT brings to mind the question n What is happening in BRT, the liberator of Istanbul?..
EXPLANATION FROM MMO
The latest 5 collision of two metrobuses at the Ayvansaray stop on June and the injury of many passengers will appeal to the interest of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers as well as all of us that MMO officials said: yetersiz Metrobus has not been taken to many problematic situations and enough security measures have been taken since the construction phase. all warnings on the subject were ignored. As a result, accidents continue. Instead of an alternative and innovative urban public transportation system, planned to be adapted to Istanbul, which is used in miniature cities of European countries much less than the population of Istanbul. While doing this, the safety of people was ignored and not enough measures were taken ”.
'We Told You at 2008'
In the statement made by MMO, the previous statement made by the chamber was also mentioned “7 November In our statement at 2008; Since a portion of the 'E-5 Highway' is allocated to the metrobus, congestion of motor vehicles on the E-5 Highway is greatly increased / will increase. As the system is loaded, the vehicles' overload will increase excessively, resulting in static and braking impacts on the wheels and excessive wheel bearing loads due to axial loads on the wheels, which will exceed those of regular buses. Vehicle components such as steering wheel, engine, gearbox and differential will be at risk of dispose of at any time due to the excessive load of the bus. Even in the case of 50 to 170.000 passengers transported by 350.000 bus, which is mentioned by the authorities, the intervals between the peaks during the peak hours will be extremely small and the overload load will be higher than the design native load. It is clear that our warnings regarding vehicles and the system remain valid ”.
'THE MOST SUITABLE SYSTEM FOR ISTANBUL METROBUS'
What do IETT officials say to the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers? Metrobus Management Manager Zeynep Pınar Mutlu said that most of the serious accidents that occurred were caused by civil vehicles entering the E-5 line and that the metrobus system carried approximately 850 thousand passengers a day and that the tension experienced by the people should be met normally. . Zeynep Pınar Mutlu also commented that the metrobus is not suitable for Istanbul conditions: “Metrobus systems are preferred in cities where population is dense all over the world. Necessary feasibility studies were carried out by calculating all the details. It is a preferred system because it can be implemented in a short time and because of the physical conditions of Istanbul, it is a more useful investment than metro. The 52 km, which can be connected over the sea, such as the Bosphorus Bridge and the Golden Horn, is not possible with the existing physical structure. ”
Accidents in the last month on the way to Metrobus
Metrobus waiting to download passengers at the Ayvansaray metrobus stop, hit another metrobus in motion. 16 people were injured in the accident, the driver said that the discussion with passengers.
Küçükçekmece E-5 Highway, uncontrolled TIR out of control in the road, before the roadside metrobus barriers and then stopped in front of the petrol station by hitting the IETT bus parked. TIR driver was injured in the accident.
Kucukcekmece out of control car, looking at another car hit. Under the influence of the impact, two vehicles involved in the accident entered the path of the metrobus. In the accident, an automobile driver and injured metrobusteki 3 passengers.
Söğütlüçeşme-Avcılar line running on the back of the metrobus wheel jumped. First, the wheel broke the windscreen of the metrobus and damaged the 100 vehicle on the D-4 highway.
Bahçeşehir University Head of Department of Transportation Engineering Dr. Mustafa Ilıcalı
'The problem is not the metrobus, traffic culture'
“I first presented the METROBUS proposal to the Mayor of Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, when I was a lecturer at Yildiz Technical University. However, our project did not receive approval from Ankara. Afterwards, this project was realized with Kadir Topbaş. Metrobus currently transports 776 million people per day on a total of 500 vehicles on an 1 km line. The replacement rail system will carry 150 million passengers per day on an 2 km line. This means that the BRT alone contributed half of the entire rail system. Thanks to Metrobus, 80 thousand vehicles are missing from the traffic a day. Overall, our accident rate compared to Europe very busy wheeled transportation in Turkey. There is no problem with our vehicles or roads. I just think that our drivers need more equipped training. It's not about the BRT, it's about traffic culture. ”
Indeed, Metrobus accidents are increasing. The claim of MMO is correct and so is the literature. Otherwise it cannot be claimed. The claim of the IETT director's lady can be described as false or at most semi-true. The knowledge and theories of Transport Science cannot be bent or twisted as desired. 3 for accidents. If the person and the vehicles entering the system from the outside are shown to be the cause and / or interference, the disability must be greater than the misdemeanor. This indicates the inadequacy of border barriers. Put a New-Jersey type concrete barrier instead of undercut profile + rope, see how the problem is minimized on both sides. In this case, the counter-defense argument is that other vehicles will have to shrink. This means that in an initially unthinkable system, its subsystems cannot be arbitrarily and singularly optimized, or rather optimized as they should be. Nothing can happen: “wash me, but don't soak”! This fact unfortunately applies to our country.