New increased fare schedule begins for taxis in Istanbul: Here are the new taxi fares in Istanbul...
Following the majority vote approval of a 28.09 percent price hike at the UKOME meeting, commercial taxis in Istanbul have begun transporting passengers under the new increased fare schedule.
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The increased fare schedule for commercial taxis went into effect as of midnight.
Accordingly, the new prices for yellow, turquoise, VIP, and 8+1 taxis in Istanbul are as follows:
For yellow taxis;
Taxi opening fee increased from 19.17 liras to 24.55 liras
Price per kilometer increased from 12.89 liras to 17.61 liras
Short distance (drop-off/pick-up) fee increased from 70 liras to 90 liras.
For turquoise taxis;
Opening fee 28.24 liras
Price per kilometer 20.25 liras
Short distance 102.5 liras
For VIP taxis;
Opening 41.74 liras
Price per kilometer 32.5 liras
Short distance 153.7 liras
For 8+1 taxis;
Opening 31.92 liras
Per kilometer 22.90 liras
Drop-off/pick-up 115.3 liras
APPROVED BY MAJORITY VOTE
The proposal for a 28.09 percent increase in taxi and shuttle service fares was approved by a majority vote at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Transportation Coordination Center (UKOME) meeting.
TAXI DRIVERS WHO FOUND THE HIKE INSUFFICIENT ATTACKED THE BUILDING
After an additional agenda item regarding taxi drivers who converted from minibuses to 8+1 taxis—requesting that the conversion period to 4+1 taxis be reduced from 3 years to 1 year—was not included in the agenda and instead referred to a sub-commission, taxi drivers who also found the price hike insufficient caused a disturbance in front of the building where the UKOME meeting was held.