The IETT General Directorate's 15 Budget of 400 billion 2023 million TL was discussed in the IMM Assembly. Stating that they purchased 160 domestic and high-capacity BRT vehicles this year with their own resources, General Manager Alper Bilgili announced that they will purchase 2023 BRT vehicles, 50 buses and 100 electric vehicles in 110. Due to the increase in fuel and costs, the subsidy made by IMM to public transportation reached 10 billion liras.
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Assembly held the 4th meeting of its November meetings at the Saraçhane Presidency Building Assembly Hall. At the meeting, the 2023 Budget of the General Directorate of IETT and the Investment Program for the Years 2023-2025 were discussed.
IETT General Manager Alper Bilgili, who presented the budget to the council members, said that the 2023 budget was determined as 15 billion 400 million liras, the revenue budget was 12 billion 431 million 450 thousand liras, and the financing deficit of 2 billion 968 million 550 thousand liras would be covered by loans.
Reminding that they purchased 2022 domestic and high-capacity metrobus vehicles in 160 to rejuvenate the fleet this year, Bilgili said, “We will complete our tender process for the purchase of 2023 metrobuses and 50 buses in 100. Again in 2023, we will have purchased 50 electric vehicles for 4 people and 60 electric vehicles for 14 people. Within the scope of the Digital Transformation of Private Public Buses, we will carry out in-vehicle technological transformation in many areas from passenger comfort to driver safety in 2022 private public buses in 3,041.”
FAILURES AND ACCIDENTS ARE DECREASED
Pointing out that the number of breakdowns per 10 thousand km in the bus and metrobus fleet was 2018 in 3,4, it has decreased to 3,2 today, and the number of accidents per 100 thousand km has decreased to 3,9 today, from 3,2. He said it happened in 2016.
SERVICE QUALITY IS INCREASED
In order to increase the quality of service, 10 inspection stations in accordance with TÜV standards were established in garages for the first time this year. All vehicles, including Private Public Buses, are now inspected by IETT at least twice a year, in addition to the mandatory TÜV inspections. Until October, nearly 2 technical inspections were carried out at these stations. In 7, it will have carried out a total of nearly 2022 million inspections before and during service. Motorized emergency response teams are also established in order to respond more quickly and effectively to disruptions that may occur during operational activities. Approximately 2 drivers, who have been working in subcontractor companies since 2018, have been employed in IMM staff. In order to support female employment, currently 2 female drivers were recruited.
10 BILLION LIRA SUPPORT FROM IMM TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
According to the data of the IETT General Directorate, the change in the economy and exchange rates in the last 1 year has had serious effects on public transportation and IETT. In the last year, fuel prices have increased by 200 percent, exchange rates have increased by 90 percent, and the minimum wage has increased by nearly 100 percent. For this reason, over the years, the ticket price has dropped from $ 1,1 to $ 0,40. Due to both the high increases in costs and the inability to increase ticket prices at the same rate, the ratio of IETT's travel revenues and operating expenses decreased from 5 percent to 70 percent in the last 35 years. The current full ticket price, which is 2022 lira in 7.67, is only 4.5 liras per passenger when discounted and free journeys are calculated. Due to the high increases in fuel, exchange rates and inflation rates, the expenditure per passenger rose to the level of 13.5 liras. The difference of 9 liras per passenger is covered by the IMM. IMM provides a subsidy of 1.1 billion liras this year only to buses for the 10 billion passengers carried in a year.
REACHING ALL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING ISLANDS
As of 2020, IETT can now access all 39 districts of Istanbul, including the Islands. It is within 99 meters of walking distance to 500 percent of the city's population. It also commissions new lines according to changing demands and needs. The rate of connection lines with metro, tram or sea transportation reached 97 percent. There are 1 IETT lines that intersect with at least 776 of the different transportation modes.
32 TOURS AROUND THE WORLD EVERY DAY
IETT; It serves the whole of Istanbul with 6.470 vehicles, more than 15 thousand stops and 17 garages. 800 or 55 thousand trips are made daily, 475 million kilometers are covered annually. Looking at the annual kilometers of bus and metrobus vehicles, 2018 million km will be covered annually in 191, while it will have reached 2022 million km in 230. Every day, there are enough kilometers to go around the world for 32 laps. The number of passengers carried annually is over 1 billion, including the private public buses and erguvan buses operated by IETT.
In the IETT fleet; 2.639 of which are their own vehicles; There are 5.680 buses, 670 BRT vehicles and 120 electric vehicles. The average age of IETT's bus fleet is 9,5. In Metrobus, the km of some vehicles was close to 2 million last year. With 160 high-capacity BRT vehicles put into service, the fleet age, which is expected to be 11, has been reduced to 8,5. Public transportation in Istanbul; 60 percent is carried out by bus and metrobus, 37 percent by subway and tram, and 3 percent by sea transportation.
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