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Table of ContentsT
Chapter One
1.1 Presented by general
1.2 Project goals.
1.3 Project Structure
Chapter Two
literature reviews
2.1Introduction
2.2 Factors affecting intersections design
2.3Types of intersections
2.3.1 Types of intersections at the same level
2.3.2.Forms of intersections in separate planes:
2.4 Previous studies in evaluating some of Najaf's intersections and
alternative solutions to them
Chapter Three
Data Collection and Analysis
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Study area description
3.2.1 Al-Salam Intersection
3.2.2Al-Askerian Intersection
Chapter Four
Data Collection and Analysis
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Data Collection
4.3 Traffic Volume
4.4 Saturation flow rate and peak hour factor (PHF)
4.5 Optical signals calculations
4.6 Existing LOS
4.6.1 at Al-Salam Intersection
4.6.2 Al-Askerian Intersection
4.7 Proposal Design Alternative
4.7.1 at the AL-Salam intersection
4.7.2 at Al-Askerian Intersection
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Chapter one
Introduction:
Every day, a large percentage of drivers in single occupancy cars look for a parking lot. In
addition, less experienced drivers contribute to increased traffic congestion .Cities witness a
wide range of activities, on a daily basis in general, and the main proportion of these
activities is concentrated in the Central Business District (CBD), i.e. the commercial and
business center of a city. Notably, the reason behind the difficulty of developing and
sustaining effective parking policies lay in the lack of information concer0ning parkers’
behaviors and preferences in choosing a certain parking location in the CBD area, especially
for commuting, business and shopping trips .Consequently, the effective method to evaluate
the effects of parking strategy measures lays in the proper understanding of parking
behavior. Since the shortage of space availability in urban areas can conduce to a rise in the
demand for parking spaces .With the rising growth of vehicle density on road, the parking
problem is expected severe on road. Therefore, a systematic study of parking characteristic,
demand, and regulatory measures that are likely to achieve control over parking is extremely
significant.
As a matter of fact, parking can exert negative effects on urban settings among these effects
are
A- Congestion: Parking occupies considerable street space reducing the capacity of road.
Therefore; traffic speed will be limited, journey time and delay will also grow as a result.
The operation cost of vehicles increases inducing a considerable economical loss to the
society.
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quality of the buildings since vehicles parked at each existing space generate a sense that
building rises from a plinth of vehicles. Regarding cars parked illegally, vehicles waiting
on the road to get a free space for cars and looking for an available parking lot have a
strong impact on traffic flow
The aim of this study is to investigate the parking behaviour in urban streets such as in
Al- Najaf city because limited or no specific studies may deal with on-street parking
especially in Al-Najaf city or generally in Iraq. The objective of this study could be
achieved through the collection of data and knowing the number of parked vehicles on
both sides of the road and the waiting time for these vehicles
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Chapter two
Parking: is the act of stopping and disengaging a vehicle and leaving it unoccupied.
Parking on one or both sides of a road is often permitted, though sometimes with restrictions.
Some buildings have parking facilities for use of the buildings' users. Countries and local
governments have rules [1] for design and use of parking spaces.
Parking can be classified into: publicly-owned on-street parking spaces; public off-street
surface or multi-story car parks; privately-owned off-street parking is usually related to
commercial uses; and private residential parking is provided only for the utilization by
owners or tenants of the identified residences in Figure (2-1) ( 2-2)
Figure (2-1)
Figure (2-2)
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Parking is the verb that involves parking a vehicle and leaving it empty for a relatively long
period of time. Parking is usually available on both sides of the road, although this process
is often restricted. Parking facilities are established with most buildings to facilitate the
arrival and departure of building users.
On Street Parking
In this type of parking system, the vehicles are usually parked on the street itself. Generally,
these parking spaces are controlled by government whereby parking coupons are provided to
park in some of these parking spaces, As per IRC the standard dimensions of a car is taken as
5× 2.5 m and that for a truck is 3.75× 7.5 m. Figure ( 2-3)
Figure (2-3)
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On street parking system can be further divided into parallel parking, 30⁰ parking, 45⁰
parking, 60⁰ parking and right angled parking
1- Parallel parking:
The vehicles are parked along the length of the road. Here there is no backward movement
involved while parking or un parking the vehicle. Hence, it is the safest parking from the
accident perspective. However, it consumes the maximum curb length and therefore only a
minimum number of vehicles can be parked for a given kerbed length. This method of
parking produces least obstruction to the on-going track on the road since least road width is
used in figure (2-4) and (2-5)
Figure (1- 5)
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2- Parking30:
In thirty degree parking, the vehicles are parked at 30 with respect to the roinad alignment.
In this case, more vehicles can be parked compared to parallel parking. Also there is better
manoeuvre-ability. Delay caused to the track is also minimum in this type of parking in
figure (2-6)
3- parking 45:
As the angle of parking increases, more number of vehicles can be parked. Hence
compared to parallel parking and thirty degree parking, more number of vehicles can
be accommodated in this type of parking in figure (2- 7 )
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Figure (2-7) Illustration of 45◦ parking
4- Parking 60
The vehicles are parked at 60 to the direction of road. More number of vehicles can be
accommodated in this parking type in Figure (2-8)
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Figure (2- 9) Illustration of 90◦ parking
Figure (2 – 10)
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Figure (2-11) and (2-12) : typical layout of an off-street parking
Chapter Three
Data collection
3.1 introduction
This chapter focuses on the methods of data collection and the main data which have been
collected in this project. In addition, the boundaries of study area
3.2.1-In-out survey
In this survey, the occupancy count in the selected parking lot is taken at the beginning. Then
the number of vehicles that enter the parking lot for a particular time interval is counted. The
number of vehicles that leave the parking lot is also taken. The final occupancy in the
parking lot is also taken. Here the labour required is very less. Only one person may be
enough. But we won't get any data regarding the time duration for which a particular vehicle
used that parking lot. Parking duration and turnover is not obtained. Hence we cannot
estimate the parking fare from this survey
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count is again taken. Here there are chances of missing the number of vehicles that were
parked for a short duration
3.2.4- drone
The drone represents an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) which is an aircraft without pilot.
It consists of a ground-based controller connecting with the aircraft to control its movement.
The flight of UAVs may be operated with or autonomously by on bored computer. The type
used in this study is Mavic pro platinum which is indicated in Fig
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In this study, the license plate survey method was used for Al-ashtraki Street, which is one of
the commercial streets in Najaf, which contains a number of shops and restaurants, and Al-
Ghadeer Street, which contains a number of government departments, shops, restaurants, and
the College of Administration and Economics
The data was collected on Al-Eshtraki Street in the evening from 3:30 to 6:30, and the data
was collected every 30 minutes, and the street consisted of four lines in fig
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3:30 - 4:00 4:00 -4:30 4:30-5:00 5:00-5:30 5:30-6:00 6:00-6:30
ف-سيارة 7930 7930 7930 7930 7930
5363 5363 5363 5363 5363 5363
970 9336 9336 9336 9336 9336
6152 6152 8872 2324 2324 8552
9873\70° 9873\70° 6152/70° 6152/70° 8540\70° 1241/70°
6634/70° 6634/70° 6634/70° 6640/70° 6640/70° 6640/70°
1924 1924 ف-سيارة 7884 7884 7884
0140/70° ف-سيارة 3378/70° 3378\70° س -بدون رقم س -بدون رقم
8163 8163 ف-سيارة ف-سيارة ف -سيارة 8116
1156 1156 6915 6915 6915 6915
ف-سيارة ف-سيارة 6899 6899 6899 6899
4701\45° 4701\45° 4701\45° 4701\45° 2160\45° 2160\45°
7432 7432 ف-سيارة ف-سيارة ف-سيارة ف-سيارة
ممنوع الوقوف (-65 ممنوع الوقوف (-65 ممنوع الوقوف (-65 ممنوع الوقوف (-65 ممنوع الوقوف (-65 ممنوع الوقوف (-65
70م) 70م) 70م) 70م) 70م) 70م)
1146\60° 1146\60° 1146\60° 1146\60° 1146\60° 1146\60°
ف5-م ف5-م ف5-م ف5-م ف5-م ف5-م
4641 5060 4858 4858 4858 4858
2060/75° ف-سيارة ف-سيارة 3163/75° 3163/75° 3163/75°
4657\45° 4657\45° 2060/45° 2060\45° 2060/45° 2060/45°
ف6-م ف6-م ف6-م ف6-م ف6م ف6م
9443\45° 9443\45° 9443\45° 9443\45° 9443\45° 8673/45°
ف-سيارة ف-سيارة ف-سيارة ف-سيارة ف-سيارة ف-سيارة
ف-شارع10م ف-شارع10م ف-شارع 10م ف-شارع10م ف-شارع 10م ف-شارع 10م
ف-بيت 5م ف-بيت 5م ف 5-م بيت ف 5-بيت ف 5-م بيت ف5-م بيت
7281 7281 7281 7281 7281 7281
6351/75° 6351/75° ف-سيارة 2074/75° 2074/75° 2074/75°
5053/75° 5053/75° 5053/75° 1140\75° 1140\75° 1140\75°
ف 5-م ف5-م ف5-م ف5-م ف5-م ف5-م
37 37 37 37 37 37
ف10-م ف 10-م ف 10-م ف 10-م ف10-م ف 10 -م
1568/75° 8893\75° 6325\75° 6325\75° 6325\75° ف-سيارة
0475\75° 6448\75° 6448\75° 6448\75° 8268/75° ف-سيارة
3596\45° 0161\45° 0161\45° 0161\45° 0161/45° 0161/45°
1042\65° 1042\65° 1042/65° 1042/65° 1042/65° 1042/65°
ف-سيارة 6221/65° 6221/65° 9854/65° 9854/65° 9854/65°
9854/65° 9854/65° 9854/65° 3350/65° 3350/65° 3350/65°
ف-سيارة ف-سيارة 3350 3350 3350 ف-سيارة
9641 9641 9641 9641 ف4-م ف4-م
3854خاص 3854خاص 3854خاص 3854خاص 3854خاص 3854خاص
458/75° 458/75° ف-سيارة 2672/75° 2672/75° 2672\75°
7361 7361 7361 7361 7361 7361\75
914 914 914 914 914 914
7423\75° 7423\75° 7423\75° 7423\75° 7423\75° 7423\75°
6075\45° 6075\45° 4486\45° ف-سيارة 4105/45° 4105/45°
ف-سيارة ف-سيارة 6482 6482 6482 6482
3917 3917 3917 3917 3917 3917
8182 8182 8182 8182 8182 8182
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ف5-م ف5-م ف5م ف5-م ف5-م ف5-م
7902\45° 7902\45° 9011\45° 9011\45° 9011\45° 9011\45°
5421/45° 5421/45° 5421/45° 5421\45° 5421\45° 5421\45°
3050 3050 4305 4305 4305 4305
8404 8404 8404 8404 8404 8404
7714 7714 7714 7714 ف-سيارة 5286
ف5-م ف 5-م ف5-م ف5-م ف5-م 9572
6316 6316 9316 9316 9316 9316
5310 5310 5310 1119 1119 1119
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فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
4753 فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
2332 2332 2332 2332 فراغ سيارة 8750
2821 2821 2821 2821 2821 2821
1812 1812 1812 1812 1812 6960
1740 1740 1740 1740 1740 1740
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
8450 8450 8450 8450 8450 1573
4829 4829 4829 4829 فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
4988 4988 4988 4988 4988 4988
فراغ 2م فراغ 2م فراغ 2م فراغ 2م فراغ 2م فراغ 2م
4753 4753 9687 9687 9687 9687
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
الجزء الثاني الجزء الثاني الجزء الثاني الجزء الثاني الجزء الثاني الجزء الثاني
6013 6013 6013 6013 6013 6013
فراغ 4م فراغ 4م فراغ 4م فراغ 4م فراغ 4م فراغ 4م
8444 8444 8444 8444 8444 8444
فراغ 4م فراغ 4م فراغ 4م فراغ 4م فراغ 4م فراغ 4م
3051 3051 3051 3142 3142 7323
4808 4808 4808 4808 4808 9169
7621 7621 0580 0580 0580 0580
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3530 3530 فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
0679 فراغ سيارة 6700 فراغ سيارة 6700 6700
8206 6558 2305 3211 3211 3211
0339 0340 فراغ سيارة 9587 9587 9587
2305 2305 فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 2305 2305 2305
2977 2977 5677 5677 فراغ سيارة 7807
0492 0493 0494 0495 فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 6254 فراغ سيارة 6576
4583 4583 فراغ سيارة 5564 5564 5564
9338 9338 فراغ سيارة 6610 فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 9338 1456 3357 فراغ سيارة
8967 7682 فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 7520
5564 5564 5564 9305 9305 0379
5564 8719 4302 فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 9305
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 0
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 6017
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 0886 0886 0886 0886
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
6277 9683 9683 9683 9683 9683
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 3144 3144 3144
6472 6472 فراغ سيارة 0579 0579 فراغ سيارة
2708 2708 2708 فراغ سيارة 6472 6472
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 0830 0830 0830 0830
فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة فراغ سيارة 5617 5617
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0923 0924 8177 0 5893 5564
1095 0 2094 0 0142 0298
3530 3530 0 0 0 0
0679 0 6700 0 6700 6700
PARK ONE PARK ONE PARK ONE PARK ONE PARK ONE PARK ONE
Chapter four
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Analysis of the resultsAnalysis of the results
4.1 introduction
This chapter has been devoted to the data collection and analysis stages. To understand the
whole vision in the study area, there is a need for knowing more about the parking behaviour
through monitoring field behaviour. Therefore, all parks in algadeer street and alastraky
streetbeen selected and evaluated by collecting field data for several days. License plate
method of survey was used to collected data they were collected at different hours of the day
Al-Ghadeer Street, located in Najaf, as shown in the figure (4-1). Al- Eshtraki Street located
in Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf, Al- Al-Eshtraki neighbourhood behind Al-Rawan Street, as shown in
Figure (4-2(
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Fig. (4-2): Al-Eshtraki Street
The survey was conducted on Al -Ghadeer Street from 8:30 am to 12:30 am. Remarkably is
the peak time on this street in the morning so as to the existence of the state departments.
The street was divided into two areas, On the AL- Eshtraki Street; from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm
in this street is the peak time of the evening, because the street has shops and restaurants.
The street was divided into two parks
Waiting time :
Waiting time (duration): is the time at which the parked vehicle is still in the space during
parking time. In this Study, this time represents the waiting time for on-street parking
vehicles. This factor has been calculated by numbering spaces for each section and checking
the existing of vehicles in these space each 30min by recording Four digits plate registration
number for each parked vehicle. This is another indication to measure how long the Vehicle
stays in the specific space
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Al- Eshtraki street efficacy
Line Efficiency
1 51.9
2 47.9
3 34.8
4 89.4
001
09
08
07
06
1ycnapuco
2ycnapuco 05
3ycnapuco
4ycnapuco 04
03
02
01
0
03:6-00:6 00:6-03:5 03:5-00:5 00:5-03:4 03:4-00:4 00:4-03:3
23 Turn over
line Average turnover
1 1.38
2 1.01
3 1.2
4 1.73
Al-Gadder Street
Efficiency=91%
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Avearag turnover=1.96
1-The status of Al- Eshtraki Street, which has been divided into 2 segments, is so congested
with high parking demand Especially during peak period. The peak period for this site starts
in the evening. This could be attributed to the Nature of activities there which are mostly
shopping due to the concentration of restaurants, supermarkets and shops.
These trip attraction centres make high demand on parking there where there are no enough
spaces. In this street, More hotels, shops and restraints were built without providing them
with required parking space either on-street or off-street.
2- The status of Al- Gadeer streets is so busy as indicated in the data collection and analysis
stages. The most demand Parking is for state departments which are widely spread and
Faculty of Administration and Economics
The main problem in the study area as mentioned previously is the on-street parking. Long
queuing vehicles have been observed there. The suggestions are:
A-Restrict parking on main roads during peak hours. This is done by placing parking signs
(Prohibit stopping)
During the period from 8:00am to 12:00pm of the day to avoid traffic congestion.in al-
Gadeer street And AL-Eshtraky Street after four o'clock in the afternoon
B- Determine parking spaces for parking vehicles using pavement marking especially in the
locations where parking spaces are not parallel.
C- For the street of Al-Eshtraki, especially the Restaurants and shops, there is a need for
specific lots for parking vehicle and prevent double parked vehicles
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