Antalya Metropolitan Municipality is implementing the electric bus project in order to ease the urban traffic and contribute to the environment by making a revision in public transportation. The first test drive of the electric bus, which is intended to serve on the Nostalgia Tram line, was carried out. Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, which always follows the latest technologies and innovative solutions in the field of public transportation, Muhittin BöcekIt started test drives on the electric bus, which is among the targets of .
FIRST TEST DRIVING HELD
Modern and environmentally friendly electric buses will be integrated into the Nostalji Tramway system, which is operated as a single line between the Museum and Zerdalilik. The first test drive of the 10,7 meter electric bus was attended by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Chief Advisor Dr. Cem Oğuz, Head of Metropolitan Municipality Transportation Planning Rail System Department Nurettin Tonguç, Antalya Transportation Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors Deniz Filiz and officials attended.
ENVIRONMENTAL, COMFORTABLE AND QUIET
Giving information about the project, Chief Advisor Dr. Cem Oğuz stated that the Nostalgic Tram, which continues to serve in Antalya, is a revision of the vehicles between 1959 -1963, “The vehicle we are testing today is completely domestic production. It is a comfortable, quiet, environmentally friendly transportation vehicle that is suitable for today's conditions and can be used easily by our disabled citizens. The electric vehicle with zero exhaust emissions has a capacity of 90 people. We will continue by sharing the test drives, the first of which we have done today, with the people of Antalya for 1 month. We will subject their vehicles to a trial process in other domestic manufacturers. We aim to revise the nostalgic trams with these electric buses, even if it is suitable for use. All our work is to increase the comfort and satisfaction of our citizens' inner city travels. Mayor of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Muhittin BöcekWe want to bring this revision work, which is among the targets of Antalya, to the people of Antalya”.
IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Nurettin Tonguç, Head of the Metropolitan Municipality Transportation Planning Rail System Department, pointed out that the people of Antalya love the nostalgic tram, but there are technical problems, “Such new technologies are always popular in the world. Environmentally zero emission. We care about bicycle transportation and public transportation for our city. For this, he said, we want to bring electric buses to Antalya transportation.
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