First domestic Metrobus in Turkey
Public transportation is shown as the easiest way to avoid the confusion of vehicles in transportation. An enormous number of people are transported in Istanbul every day. According to the data of IMM, the 44-stop Metrobus uses about 1 million people. In this case, it is necessary to provide qualified transportation to increase the demand for these public transportation vehicles. For this reason, the primary objective of public transport manufacturers is to provide passengers with comfortable and fast transportation. In this area to increase comfort, AKIA company has produced Turkey’s first domestic transportation.
The domestic Metrobus produced in AKIA’s Bursa plant attracts attention with its passenger capacity of 290 people that considered as the world’s highest capacity Metrobus vehicle. The length of the Metrobus with 3 bellows is 25 meters. It is produced in diesel and hybrid versions. In the following months, it is planned to produce an electric version, too. The Metrobus is suitable in fast-growing cities such as Istanbul.
The first demand came from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 2016. The clear advantage of new local Metrobuses is their capacity (290 passengers compared to 160-165 currently used ones). Moreover, the new Metrobus vehicle can provide a two-way landing and boarding door. The new Metrobus vehicles are being tested currently and they are going to be tried minimum a hundred times.
Bursa, where the first local tram and the first local metro are produced, is the leading province in many innovations in the automotive and transportation sectors. It is important to increase the orientation towards domestic capital and increase the value of this type of domestic production.