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Traffic effects not only the drivers but also the pedestrians. According to our search, people are complainant about the physical and mental effects of traffic. They say that they suffer from bad headaches most of the day because of the crowd on the roads and the voice they make. They feel exhausted at the end of the day. Some of the participants stated that they don't even want to leave their houses because of this voice and air pollution. Citizens of Istanbul are desperately in need of this traffic problem to be solved but according to our search, they do not have too much hope. They have suffered from this issue so long that they can't even imagine a solution. Some of them are too tired of this traffic that they want to move to another small city in Turkey.

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A Survey About The Traffic Problem in Istanbul

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A Survey About The Traffic Problem in Istanbul

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Since people are suffered from this traffic badly in their daily lives, we tried to find the causes of this situation and prepared a survey. In this survey, we asked fifteen citizens in Istanbul about what do they think about this problem. According to our survey, most of our participants think that the traffic problem is mostly because of the drivers. Also the citizens think that people should use the public transportation instead of having cars. 15 out of 15 participants think that using public transportation whenever it is possible would probably make a difference in traffic. Also they said that the people should not use their veichles on short rides. They can walk or use public transportation instead. People are not sure about the effect on the bridge fees over the traffic but more than the half of our participants think that the heavy veichles do not prefer to use bridges because of the high fee and this also causes the stuck on the traffic.

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We cannot stop people from buying private cars of course but we can put some limitations or difficulties for taking driving license. We can add some more tests as well as written exam such as gradual steering tests, reflex tests.

There must be an upper limit for age in traffic. Reflexes decrease as people get older.

Taxi fares should be cheap. Taxis are inevitable to use in this big city. But they are not in the same category with private cars because they do not occupy parking spaces.

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As we can see from the other parts written by my friends here, traffic issue in Istanbul is one of the problems that should be solved. Because it affects our lives in many aspects. Based on this, we have some opinions to reduce traffic like;

We should use public transportation. Instead of using private cars, using public transportation has so many advantages such as they can have so many people at the same time, they are cheap to travel and they take up less space in the road with their number of passengers.

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What Causes Traffic Jams? - Instant Egghead #29

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It's happened to all of us: we're cruising down the freeway and suddenly find ourselves stuck in a thick jam of other cars. Where did they come from? What caused the traffic mess? Scientific American editor Larry Greenemeier explains.

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Traffic congestion has effect on three different aspects of our lives. These are:

Social:

Reduction in transport speeds

Reduced travel speeds

Infrastractive overload

Environmental:

The impact of exhaust emissions on human health

Depletion of ozone layer

Traffic noise

Economic:

Time losses cause direct economic losses

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HERE SOME CAUSES OF TRAFFIC JAM WHICH IS A NIGHTMARE FOR EVERY  PASSENGER AND DRIVER

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HERE SOME CAUSES OF TRAFFIC JAM WHICH IS A NIGHTMARE FOR EVERY  PASSENGER AND DRIVER

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-The narrowing of the road at a certain point or distance
-The increase in the number of vehicles using road
-Weather conditions
-Traffic accidents
-Driving much slower than everyone else. This forces other drivers to change lanes, which causes drivers behind them to have to drop back or brake to maintain their distance.
-Driving much faster than everyone else. You cause other drivers to react defensively by slowing down.
-Running a red light. This makes other drivers more cautious about going on their green light.
-Aggressive and timid drivers.
-Changing lanes on busy roads
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A really entertaining view from our hotel room window. :-) I could have filmed that scene at any other time of the day or night. Istanbul, Turkey, late afternoon of October 12, 2015

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Istanbul, Turkey's most populated city is located in The Middle East and has a very crucial place in the world in terms of its various features and historical legacy. However, its inhabitants are fed up with a serious issue. As most of you may guess, it is notorius for its great rate of “Traffic” with more than 16 million inhabitants. Every day,The inhabitants,who commute almost every day ,are tested with the limit of their patience throughout the rush hour.Even some kind of real data and statements related to this issue may be found.

According to a new traffic report by transportation analytics firm INRIX, Istanbul has appeared to be the second most congested city in the world among a total of  220 cities. Traffic jam in Istanbul increased by six percent compared to 2017, INRIX’s Global Traffic Scorecard said.

Besides, another important statement has been made in INRIX’s  2018 Global Traffic Scorecard,which says “When the hours lost in traffic congestion in a year are considered, İstanbul ranks 32nd among the 201 other cities of the world. A driver in İstanbul spends an average of 157 hours stuck in traffic, which means that drivers in the city spend almost 6.5 days a year in traffic.”

In addition to INRIX, TomTom’s annual Traffic Index explored traffic congestion in over 200 cities around the world and TomTom stated that:  “Commuters in Istanbul experience the worst traffic congestion overall, the evening rush hour is no exception. The average 30 minute drive in the city will take over an hour during evening rush hour, leading to an extra 125 hours wasted stuck in traffic every year.”

So, it can be concluded that traffic is such a crucial issue that may even make the inhabitants  sick of living in the middle of a civilization.

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