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3rd bridge objection from bus drivers: bridge system from bus drivers; The third bridge increased the cost of the bus by 5 thousand TL "
The necessity for intercity passenger buses to cross the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which was opened last month, caused the bus operators to react. Bus operators claimed that the third bridge extended the road 130 kilometers, increasing the cost per bus to 5 lira.
Turkey Bus Operators Federation Council, the International Association of Anatolia and Thrace Bus Operators, Pan Bus Federation, International Road Passenger Transport Association, made a joint press release.
Esenler Bus Terminal statement made in the administration building, made Turkey Bus Federation President Birol Özcan.
Saying that their aim is not to contradict with action, resistance or the government, Birol Özcan said that the sector was damaged due to the necessity of the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge to intercity buses, the costs increased, and passengers, especially those coming from Izmit and the Asian side of Istanbul, lost their time.
Özcan said they had met with the Minister and the officials, and they conveyed their wishes to use both the Yavuz Sultan Selim and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, and stated that they conveyed to them what they wanted to use in the third bridge.
First of all, Özcan claimed that all costs were borne by the bus companies in terms of transportation, time, expense, fuel, and all costs were borne by the bus companies. “We said there are damages in terms of economy and time. The Minister also listened to us, took notes and said that he would convey this to the Prime Minister.
'LET US USE TWO BRIDGES'
Stating that they will suffer great losses on the roads of Yalova, İzmit, Adapazarı, Düzce, Bursa and İzmir, Özcan said, “We have a UKAME decision, it is a strange decision. All tourist buses use all 3 bridges, only our 8 registered intercity buses have to use the third bridge. This is an injustice, this is an injustice. We have to seek our rights because the industry is getting worse every day. We said against this, that you are doing us wrong, let's use the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and Yavuz Sultan Selim. Friends strained against us. We also never thought of this as an action, but as an action. He said, especially in the state of emergency law, which we, as the bus community, have never done such a thing ”.
“According to our figures, there is a 63 kilometers difference. Özcan continued his words as follows:
“Now, companies working in Anatolia, the Black Sea, and Izmir have a monthly cost of 5 to 6 lira if they cross the bridge and use the highway one time. Those who use it twice are 12 thousand liras. 12 thousand pounds is a big figure. When you hit the seat of 12 thousand liras, you spend 15 - 16 seats on the bridge, you spend on diesel, you spend it on the highway. Our competitors are the rail system, private companies. This Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge breaks our competitive power with these.
If we use this bridge during this holiday, we will give the money we earn on the feast day to the bridge and the highway. Our earnings are melting day by day. I ask you to inform the passengers about this. Let's all resist. Let's go to the Assembly, let's talk in the Assembly. Let's go to the prime minister. Let's go to the president. Let's go to the Ministry of Transport. We have no choice but to hold a meeting in the Parliament. I guess they will give us a solo of the Assembly for this meeting, we will talk and come. Not a boycott, not a strike, not a thing.
180 companies complain about the cost of the Yavus Sultan Selim bridge. All 330 of our companies support it. The cost is really high. Very high mileage and a tiring job. We are not against the government, we are not against our President. We do not want this only because of financial damage and loss of time. "