Traffic congestion in the city of Hilla (Iraq)‎ : causes and remedies

الملخص EN

The research deals with the study of one of the problems of urban transport in Iraqi cities, especially after 2003, which is the problem of traffic congestions through its application to the city of Hilla, the center of Babylon governorate.

The study shows that there are factors that contributed to the worsening of the problem, including direct factors represented by increased urban growth of the population and the rise of the standard of living and the increasing desire to own a private vehicle for transport.

Other indirect are the low area of urban transport use in the basic design as well as some procedural and behavioral factors for the executive authorities, traffic and population.

The study has found that there are three geographical sites where traffic congestions increases in the north entrance of the city and the north-eastern entrance as well as the southern entrance to the city.

The city of Hilla did not differ from the cases of other cities in terms of the times of daily traffic congestions, which were the hours of morning, afternoon and evening.

However, the study showed that there are seasonal times when traffic congestions are increasing in the seasons of religious events due to their geographical location( ).

The research has come up with a set of solutions and recommendations.