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well as the general commuting pub-
lic. Growing popular day by day,
it has become a much sought after
event among all those associated
with the bus industry. The organis-
ers have taken further initiatives to
meet the challenges related to sus-
tainable mobility, environmental
safety, better transportation and so-
lution for the struggles faced by the
European coach builders on the tim-
ing system.
The overall aim of the organisers
was to make Busworld the biggest
and most important platform like
the mother exhibition in Kortrijk. To
make it even more effective, there
are plans to have a new baby Bus-
world South America which will be
held either in Colombia, Chile, Ar-
gentina or Uruguay. This is the only
bus and coach exhibition organised
by operators for operators, he added.
Mr. Mehmet Erdogan, TOFED
President, observed that the road
passenger transport industry in Tur-
key has an essential role to play in
providing both value for the econ-
omy and employment, and also en-
suring travel as a civil right by trans-
porting people from place to place.
Road transport is the backbone of
Otokar and Cummins
voted the best stands
The Best Stand Design Contest
was held for the first time, and it
was decided that the jury mem-
bers of the contest would be the
invited journalists. On the Press
Day after the presentations of
the exhibitor firms to the media,
journalists were asked to answer
which stands they liked most.
A total of 47 foreign media men
from 25 countries, together with
30 Turkish media representa-
tives, selected Otokar’s and Cum-
mins’s stands as the Best Stand
Designs.