Uraloğlu Evaluated the 2024 Highway Passenger Transportation Data

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced that 2024 million 14 thousand 698 passengers were carried in 947 million 142 thousand 646 trips in ticketed and touristic transportation in 487. Minister Uraloğlu stated that buses covered a total of 2 billion 110 million 393 thousand 75 kilometers and said, “Buses made approximately 52 thousand 661 laps around the world.”

Evaluating the 2024 road passenger transportation data, Uraloğlu noted that 14 million 698 thousand 947 passengers were carried in a total of 142 million 646 thousand 487 ticketed and tourism-oriented trips made by buses under the authority of the General Directorate of Transport Services Regulation.

Minister Uraloğlu said, “In 2024, 3 million 4 thousand 891 people traveled on 82 million 219 thousand 469 ticketed intercity bus trips. 11 million 694 thousand 56 passengers were carried on 60 million 427 thousand 18 trips for tourism purposes.”

1 Million 857 Thousand 402 Disabled Citizens Used Intercity Buses

Sharing detailed data on passenger transportation, Uraloğlu announced that 41,49 percent of the passengers were female and 58,51 percent were male. Uraloğlu stated, “With the regulation we made upon declaring 2024 as the Year of Retirees, a total of 666 of our retirees benefited from a 99 percent discount.” Uraloğlu also noted that 20 million 1 thousand 857 disabled citizens and 402 thousand 653 child passengers used buses in ticketed passenger transportation.

Minister Uraloğlu stated that buses completed their journeys by covering a total of 2024 billion 2 million 110 thousand 393 kilometers in the trips carried out in 75, and said, "The distance covered by our buses in a year is equivalent to 52 thousand 661 laps around the Earth."