According to a study by Yeditepe University Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Yücelen, Dr. Serkan Gürsoy from Beykoz University and Prof. Dr. Okan Tuna from Dokuz Eylül University entitled 'Automobile Rhythms of Istanbul 2017', those living in Istanbul spend 3.5 years of their lives in traffic.
The academics of the three universities came together and followed the coordinates and speeds of 500 thousand vehicles in Istanbul traffic for 5 years. In the study, the levels of delays due to traffic intensity in the main arterial roads of Istanbul were measured. The study data was obtained by following 4 thousand kilometers of road network in Istanbul. For 5 years, the movement at this distance was recorded every two seconds.
Dr. Serkan Gürsoy said "of the 2 hours a day in traffic, 1 hour and 20 minutes are spent because of congestion. The weekly loss was similar to that of 7 hours due to similar congestions for 5 days”.
According to the survey, about 55% of the time drivers and passengers spent during travel in 2017 was lost due to traffic intensity. The distance to be traveled in 20 minutes in open traffic was taken in about 45 minutes. At heavy traffic hours, the average driving speed was determined to be 36 km / h.
A 10 Minutes Distance is taken in 35 Minutes
Some of the data from the study are as follows:
- Istanbulites are sacrificing an average of 3.5 years of their lives for the delays caused by the intensity in the city traffic.
- Drivers moving in the arterial roads of Istanbul in 2017 moved at an average speed of 37 km / h during the day, and 54% of their time was lost due to traffic congestion.
- In the same arterial roads, the average speed of the drivers was measured at 26 km / h during the weekday mornings. 67% of the time the drivers spent on the road traveling in the morning was caused by traffic intensity.
- These values increased even more during weekday evenings. Drivers moved at an average speed of 22 km / h and lost 71% of their time due to traffic congestion.
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