Transportation Department

In a bid to address the longstanding taxi crisis in Istanbul, local authorities have approved to increase the number of taxis and implement an app-based system.

Within the scope of Istanbul's new action plan for scooters, 1,500 parking spaces will be established throughout the city, and those who leave their scooters in the parking areas will receive a discount.

Within the new project of the Istanbul Municipality, taxis will use roof lights indicating the availability of taxis as full, available, or reserved.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's Transportation Coordination Center (UKOME) accepted the proposal for the arrangement of roof lights in taxi transportation.

The administration yesterday announced the availability of $5 billion in federal funds to states over five years under President Joe Biden's infrastructure law, sketching out a vision of seamless climate-friendly car travel from coast to coast.