Transport Problems Essay

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All over the world, Transportation problems represent a large portion of people and governments concern. Due to its negative impacts as traffic delay, congestion, deteriorating air quality ,energy consumption high rates and environmental deteriorations. These negative impacts show clearly and significantly in developing countries rather than developed ones. Developed countries take actions towards these problems and use the technological tools, new science applications and simulation software’s to investigate, collect data, analyzes, and disseminates data to users and plan a big framework [1]. Developed countries allocate an appropriate part of the general budget to transport problems solutions in the forms of ITS implementation and cost effective …show more content…

Late in 2010, the observed mode choice model of GCR in the Traffic Count Survey carried out between 05/07/2010 and 07/07/2010. This Survey’s study area includes governorates of: Cairo, Giza and Qaliobia and the new cities of New Cairo city, 6th October, 15th May, 10th of Ramadan, Al-Obour and Badr cities which constitutes with JICA(2002-2008) study area). Final modal share of this survey is dominated by private car users by 70% followed by taxi with 15% then microbus and mini-bus with 7% other modes like heavy trucks ,small trucks and large buses share approximately 8% of the observer traffic in this Area [5].
Cairo Traffic Congestion Study phase 1 (2010) showed that car ownership level increases significantly more than originally expected by JICA report 2003 which stated that reduction in travel speed in GCR from 19 km/hr. to 12 km/hr. by 2020 but the recent estimates indicate that it has fallen to 12 km/hr. in 2005 due to high GCR urbanization [5].
Development of public transport in Greater Cairo Region is very vital to the government and travelers. Integrated public transport systems offers less road congestion, environmentally friendly mode, less energy

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