IMM; Two new decisions were made to compensate for the taxi drivers, servicemen and tourism transporters. Taxi and tourism transportation were completely separated with the instructions of İBB President İmamoğlu, who wanted to bring a new and piracy-free model to transportation in Istanbul. So; 9 + 1 vehicle owners who could not obtain a “Tourism Transport Certificate”, despite the absence of a preventive legislative change in the previous IMM administration, paved the way. The decision will increase the brand value of the city by strengthening tourism transportation in Istanbul. It will also relieve taxi drivers by hitting the pirate. On the other hand, the previous administration's decision to limit services in Istanbul 12 days before the elections was also discussed. Due to the decision, the victims were given the right to apply. As a result of the applications, contrary to some claims, only about a thousand new vehicles will enter the sector. The victimization of those who lost their rights despite being in the sector before will be remedied UKOME's approval is required for the decision to take effect.
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) has rolled up its sleeves to cure the problems of taxi drivers, tourism carriers and service providers, who fell victim to the decisions taken in the previous administration periods. He went to new regulations that produced solutions to problems. Expressing that "they are in preparation for a model that destroys piracy" many times before, the President of IMM Ekrem İmamoğlu, taxi and tourism transportation in Istanbul completely separated from each other. With this decision, tradesmen who have not been able to obtain a "Tourism Transport Certificate" for their 9+1 vehicles for years have cleared the way. At the same time, a step was taken towards the elimination of pirate taxi drivers. In addition, it granted the right to apply to tradesmen who could not step into the sector due to the limitations imposed on services in the previous period, although they had a 'chamber activity certificate'. With this decision, it is expected that about a thousand beneficiaries will contribute to the sector.
ALTHOUGH NO AMENDMENTS IN THE LEGISLATION, DOCUMENTS WERE NOT GIVEN
As it is known, in Istanbul; Tradesmen operating for business, travel, meeting, site visits and similar purposes must obtain a “Tourism Transport Certificate”. This document has also been issued by the IMM Directorate of Public Transportation Services since 2016, according to the law. However, the previous administration of IMM did not issue a “Tourism Transport Certificate” to 9 + 1 vehicles on the pretext that it was used for misuse. Many lawsuits were filed against IMM because of this practice, which was carried out without any legislative changes preventing the issuance of documents. The lawsuits filed resulted in favor of the carriers, and the winners received their documents. However, many tradesmen, due to this administrative decision, could not be involved in transportation activities for many years and suffered economic damage. In addition, the lack of 9 + 1 vehicles serving tourism in many world cities both caused the disruption of tourism transportation in the city and damaged the Istanbul brand.
ALSO AGAINST PIRATE TAXI
With its new regulation, IMM aimed to relieve the grievances of the tradesmen engaged in tourism transportation, on the one hand, and to protect the taxi tradesmen against those who do tax-free and pirate business. Within the framework of the measures taken, tourism service transportation has been made with reservations. He left taxiing completely. With the new regulation, the following conditions were imposed for vehicles with at least 10 seats to operate in the sector:
- TÜRSAB agency will make the reservation of the vehicle at least 120 minutes before.
- The reservation will be integrated with the website of IMM Public Transportation Services Directorate, E-TUHIM.
- The number of passengers to be transported, identity information, start, intermediate and end points of the route will be entered on the site.
- In the vehicle, there will be an information tape (sticker) given by TÜRSAB indicating that it is a tourism passenger carrier.
- The vehicle will be registered with the IMM Public Transportation Management Center.
INSPECTION MADE EASY
The vehicles will be very easy to control. When the inspection units scan the data matrix of the Tourism Service Vehicle Route Document, the inspection units will easily access the information of the transporter, driver, passenger and route; will be able to confirm their accuracy.
DECISION TAKEN 12 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION DISMISSED THE SERVICE
Another arrangement made by the IMM focused on solving the problems of the service providers. The previous administration limited the number of services serving in the city with the restraint decision taken on June 12, 11, 2019 days before the repeated Istanbul local elections. During the implementation phase of the decision, some people who currently provide service and earn their living by service have been excluded from the system and have been incapacitated.
377 BENEFICIARIES WERE BENEFICIARY IN AUGUST
The new administration of IMM, headed by İmamoğlu, also took action to remedy this grievance. With the decision of UKOME (Transportation Coordination Center) taken on 20 August 2020, those who prove that they provide service on 25 May 2015 with their documents, have the right to apply once only, provided that they meet the same conditions. Approximately 1400 applications were made to benefit from this right. IMM approved only 377 applications as a result of the preliminary examination.
SERVICE PROBLEMS WILL BE SOLVED IF UKOME APPROVES
However, between 25 May 2015 and 11 June 2019, when the restriction decision was taken, this change was not enough to eliminate the grievances, as the carriers who were found and continued their service were also excluded from the system. IMM made a new decision to resolve the grievance. According to this; The right holders who have not received a 'service transport card / plate' before, although they have a 'room activity certificate', have opened the way to apply once again. However, for the realization of this decision taken by IMM, the approval of UKOME, which is dominated by central government institutions, is required.
APPROXIMATELY THOUSAND VEHICLES TO THE SECTOR WILL BE ADDED WITH THE DECISION
When the decision is implemented, tens of thousands of new vehicles will not be included in the system, as some circles aiming to mislead the public have stated. Unlike; Approximately one thousand vehicles will be added to the sector where there are 56 thousand 482 services in total. With this process, the grievances of those who have worked in the system before and who only provide service will be eliminated.
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