Paratransit Sistemlerde Güvenlik Algısı: İstanbul'da Minibüs Örneği

Abstract

2 It is important to note the pickup system of the fare in a minibüs. The passenger directly reaches out the fare as cash to the driver and gets the change back. If the driver is not within accessible reach, the passenger may ask other passengers to pass on the fare for him/her. As the fare is not constant for the whole ride, passengers need to pay the fare by calling out their destination stop. While doing this, there might be more than one passenger handing on the fare, so spontaneously and instantly the cash which is being handed on gets labelled by (1) the amount of the banknote (such as "Change of 100 TL", "Change of 50 TL", etc.), (2) the name of the destination (such as "Change of Kadıköy", "Change of Bostancı" etc.), (3) a characteristic feature of the passenger, as in the case of the participant's narrative. 3 Here, in the Turkish narrative the participant was referring to callings of co-passengers as "Bayanın ücreti! Ablanın ücreti!" Paratransit systems are so culturally indigenous that bare translations lose a lot of sub textual meaning, as shown by focus group study narratives. Therefore, some wordings such as minibüs have not been translated. 4 A neighborhood scale coffee shop, which only appeals to men of the neighborhood and is a very dominant patriarchal character. 5 Shanty houses in Turkey.