With measures to reduce the traffic density in Istanbul, vehicles with heavy tonnage capacity will no longer be allowed to run on the two major highways, D-100 and TEM highways, straddling the city’s European and Asian side.
In line with the decision taken by the Transportation Coordination Center (UKOME), vehicles with heavy-duty vehicles that make intercontinental freight transport and pass through Istanbul province will use the Northern Marmara Highway instead of the D-100 and TEM highways and its connection roads.
As a result of the decision referring to the Road Freight Transport Directive, logistics-oriented heavy-duty vehicles will cross the continent without getting into the city center of Istanbul, Turkey’s largest metropolis with four and a half million registered vehicles.
According to a study, Istanbul is among the world’s top five cities most impacted by traffic congestion.
An average Istanbul driver lost 153 hours in congestion in 2019, the eighth-highest lost time in the world, according to a study by transportation analytics firm INRIX.
