Evaluating Traffic Performance on Basra City Urban Roads Network

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Department of Civil Engineering, Collage of Engineering, University of Basrah, Iraq

Abstract

The continuous growth of the economy and population around the world has led to an increase in transportation demand. Consequently, the number of vehicles keeps increasing to satisfy the continued demand for transportation. Traffic congestion and delay, as a result, is becoming the norm in many big cities. The first step to alleviate the traffic congestion and delay is to gain a better understanding of the traffic operations at the city’s road network. This study tries to investigate and report about the traffic operations at urban roadways in Basra City, Southern of Iraq. With the focus of studying some of the main traffic parameters such as traffic flow, speed, travel time and delay at some selected sites with interrupted traffic flow within Basra City. Field traffic data from 30 roadways sites has been collected by using two techniques, camcorders and floating car technique. Data analysis showed that most of the selected sites are running under their capacity with an average speed close to the posted speed limit. However, the analysis of data also showed that for the majority of times on these selected sites long travel time and traffic delays were experienced, with an average delay of around 3.0 minutes for each 1.0 km road length. This could be attributed to deficiencies in the operation of traffic signals at intersections, presence of illegal on-street curb parking (with double parking sometimes) and the absence of traffic enforcement controls (with associated penalties).

Keywords

Main Subjects

References

  1. Humphrey, M., Dona, S., Singh, A. and Swe, T.T., "A comparison of traffic performance in highly congested urban areas", International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 3, (2016), 47-63. doi: 10.5923/j.ijtte.20160503.01.
  2. Mohammadi, M., Dideban, A. and Moshiri, B., "A novel approach to modular control of highway and arterial networks using petri nets modeling", International Journal of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications, Vol. 36, No. 8, (2023), 1578-1588. doi: 10.5829/ije.2023.36.08b.17.
  3. Abdulrazzaq, L.R., Abdulkareem, M.N., Yazid, M.R.M., Borhan, M.N. and Mahdi, M.S., "Traffic congestion: Shift from private car to public transportation", Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 6, No. 8, (2020), 1547-1554. doi: 10.28991/cej-2020-03091566.
  4. Lukina, A.V., Sidorchuk, R.R., Mkhitaryan, S.V., Stukalova, A.A. and Skorobogatykh, I.I., "Study of perceived accessibility in daily travel within the metropolis", Emerging Science Journal, Vol. 5, No. 6, (2021), 868-883. doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-01316.
  5. Sumi, L. and Ranga, V., "Intelligent traffic management system for prioritizing emergency vehicles in a smart city", International Journal of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications, Vol. 31, No. 2, (2018), 278-283. doi: 10.5829/ije.2018.31.02b.11.
  6. Damodariya, S.M. and Patel, C.R., "Identification of factors causing risky driving behavior on high-speed multi-lane highways in india through principal component analysis", International Journal of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications, Vol. 35, No. 11, (2022), 2130-2138. doi: 10.5829/ije.2022.35.11b.08.
  7. Retallack, A.E. and Ostendorf, B., "Current understanding of the effects of congestion on traffic accidents", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 16, No. 18, (2019), 3400. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183400.
  8. Congestion, M.U.T., "Managing urban traffic congestion". ISBN 978-92-821-0128-5, OECD Publishing, France, 2007.
  9. Liao, Z., Huang, H., Zhao, Y., Liu, Y. and Zhang, G., "Analysis and forecast of traffic flow between urban functional areas based on ride-hailing trajectories", ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol. 12, No. 4, (2023), 144. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12040144
  10. Zang, J., Jiao, P., Liu, S., Zhang, X., Song, G. and Yu, L., "Identifying traffic congestion patterns of urban road network based on traffic performance index", Sustainability, Vol. 15, No. 2, (2023), 948. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15020948
  11. Alkaissi, Z.A. and Hussain, R.Y., "Estimation of traffic volumes distribution of urban streets in baghdad city", Journal of The Planner & Development, Vol. 26, No. 2, (2021).
  12. Falih, Y.A.H., "Traffic congestion in the central business district of samawah; causes and remedies", Basic Education College Magazine For Educational and Humanities Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 49, (2020).
  13. Al Ghanim, A.M., Asad, F.H. and Al-Jameel, H.A., "Traffic performance evaluation for selected streets within the southern part of al-najaf city network", in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, IOP Publishing. Vol. 1973, (2021), 012226.
  14. Abbas, H.A., Obaid, H.A. and Alwash, A.A.A., "Enhanced road network to reduce the effect of (external–external) freight trips on traffic flow", Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 8, No. 11, (2022), 2573-2584. doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-11-015.
  15. Hafram, S.M., Valery, S. and Hasim, A.H., "Calibrating and validation microscopic traffic simulation models vissim for enhanced highway capacity planning", International Journal of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications, No. Articles in Press, (2023). doi: 10.5829/ije.2023.36.08b.11.
  16. Yigitcanlar, T., Li, R.Y.M., Inkinen, T. and Paz, A., "Public perceptions on application areas and adoption challenges of ai in urban services", Emerging Sciences Journal, Vol. 6, No. 6, (2022), 1199-1236. doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2022-06-06-01.
  17. Reddy, K.J.M. and Srivastava, P., "Traffic operations and capacity analysis in india", in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing. Vol. 925, (2020), 012029.
  18. Al-Kaissi, Z.A., "Travel time prediction models and reliability indices for palestine urban road in baghdad city", Al-Khwarizmi Engineering Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, (2017), 120-130. https://doi.org/10.22153/kej.2017.01.007
  19. Ahmed, R.M., Alkaissi, Z.A. and Hussain, R.Y., "Travel time analysis of selected urban streets in baghdad city", Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development (JEASD), Vol. 25, No. Special Issue 2021, (2021). https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.conf.2.3.15
  20. Garber, N.J. and Hoel, L.A., "Traffic and highway engineering, Cengage Learning, (2019).
  21. Skovajsa, J., Přibyl, O., Přibyl, P., Ščerba, M. and Janota, A., "Evaluation of a mobile highway management system at roadwork zones", International Journal of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications, Vol. 35, No. 5, (2022), 900-907. doi: 10.5829/ije.2022.35.05b.06.
  22. Noor, M.A., Ashrafi, S., Fattah, M.A., Morshed, S.R. and Rahman, S., "Assessment of traffic congestion scenario at the cbd areas in a developing city: In the context of khulna city, bangladesh", Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Vol. 11, No., (2021), 100435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2021.100435
  23. Abed, A., Albayati, A. and Wang, Y., "Effect of vehicular stream characteristics on traffic noise", Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 8, No. 12, (2022). doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-12-016.
  24. Qasim Rashid, W., "An economic study of the problem of traffic congestion in the city of basra", Basra Studies Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1994, (2012), 268-297.
  25. Nassrullah, Z. and AbdulJaleel, L., "Traffic operations at the approaches to the highway checkpoint sites", in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, IOP Publishing. Vol. 1973, (2021), 012228.
  26. Manual, H.C., "Washington, dc: Transportation research board, 2010", Google Scholar, (2010).
  27. Iftikhar, A., Khan, Z.H., Gulliver, T.A., Khattak, K.S., Khan, M.A., Ali, M. and Minallahe, N., "Macroscopic traffic flow characterization at bottlenecks", Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 6, No. 7, (2020), 1227-1242. doi: 10.28991/cej-2020-03091543.
  28. Caroles, L., Adisasmita, S.A. and Pamungkas, P.B., "Concept of an intelligent parking system; efforts to resolve traffic conflicts regulations", Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 9, (2023), 65-74. doi: 10.28991/CEJ-SP2023-09-05.
  29. Yousif, S., "A study into on-street parking: Effects on traffic congestion", Traffic Engineering and Control, Vol. 40, (1999), 424-427.
International Journal of Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 11
TRANSACTIONS B: Applications
November 2023
Pages 2063-2072

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics