IMM's request for '7 new taxis for the regulation of taxi transportation', which was rejected 1.000 times in UKOME before, was rejected for the 8th time by a majority of votes. IMM Deputy Secretary General Orhan Demir stated that institutionalization and the new taxi system will increase the quality and supervision and said that they will continue to bring the issue to the agenda of UKOME and Istanbul.
Transportation Coordination Center (UKOME), whose structure was changed with the regulation on February 19, 2020, Yenikapı Dr. At the meeting held at Kadir Topbaş Show and Art Center, IMM's '1.000 new taxi' proposal for arranging taxi transportation was discussed.
ORHAN DEMİR: “INSTITUTIONALIZATION INCREASES THE QUALITY OF SERVICE”
IMM Deputy Secretary General Orhan Demir stated that they want to bring a high quality, controllable taxi system to Istanbul and drew attention to the importance of institutionalization. Demir said, “Is there anyone at this table who is satisfied with the quality of the taxis in Istanbul? You said, do you have any benefits from new taxis? It is our greatest interest to provide the highest quality service to the people of Istanbul. We want to bring a quality, controllable taxi system to Istanbul. The way to do this is through institutionalization. Taxi service improves when there is institutionalization in countries with individual operators, as is the case with good examples in the world.
ITAKSI Awaits APPROVAL FROM IMM ASSEMBLY
Emphasizing that 85 percent of the taxis in Istanbul have the İTaxi application installed free of charge by the IMM, Demir continued his words as follows;
“The iTaxi application will be mandatory in all taxis. This method will improve the quality of taxis in Istanbul. We submitted the application to the IMM Assembly in February 2021 to determine the tariffs, but it was rejected by a majority vote. We presented the issue to the IMM Assembly again. The report has been kept in the IMM Assembly commissions for 6 months. iTaxi application upon approval; It will become a control mechanism that controls data such as routes and fares over other applications used by taxis. But unfortunately that is not allowed,” he said.
IMM'S AUDITING AUTHORITY IS LIMITED
Stating that İBB continues its inspection works within its authority, Demir reminded that before the Eid al-Adha, the licenses of 400 vehicles working at Istanbul Airport were temporarily suspended because they did not use the correct device. He reminded that the Ministry of Industry and Technology made inspections and fined after the complaints that different fares were charged for the same distances. Addressing Eyüp Aksu, the President of the Istanbul Taxi Drivers' Chamber, Demir said, "Your taxi is in this."
UTKU CIHAN: “NUMBER OF DRIVERS 250 THOUSAND, TRAINING GIVEN 3 THOUSAND”
Utku Cihan, Head of Transportation Department of IMM, stated that the municipality's possession of 1.000 taxis will enable it to manage the system better and prevent the formation of license plate rent, and used the following statements about the trainings given by IMM in the past;
“The number of all public transportation drivers in Istanbul is 250 thousand. On the other hand, only 2018 thousand of the total trainings given in 2019 and 3. Only 1.700 of them are taxi drivers. While the issue of education is so clear, it is not right to say that the problems will be solved by giving education.”
EREN SÖNMEZ: “IMM IS LAWFULLY AUTHORIZED TO ORDER TAXI”
IMM Legal Counselor Eren Sönmez said that they have the authority to make regulations in all public transportation vehicles, including taxis, in line with Article 7 of the Metropolitan Municipality Law, but because of the changing structure of UKOME, they could not implement this. Reminding that they brought the regulation to the court, Sönmez said, "While the law is clear, it is not appropriate to discuss whether IMM has the authority to regulate taxis."
After the evaluations, the IMM's '1.000 new taxis for the regulation of taxi transportation' proposal was rejected for the 16th time with a 11 to 8 vote rate and a majority of votes.
Taking the floor after the voting, IMM Deputy Secretary General Orhan Demir, taking into account the problems and complaints about the taxi service; He stated that they will not stop defending the new taxi system, that they will continue to bring the issue of great need for Istanbul to the agenda of UKOME and to inform the public about the demands and complaints.
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