Transit GIS applications for parking in nassiryah city, Iraq

Abstract EN

The large development in Iraq country which happened in the last years ago I to rapid development in national economy in all its cities, especially in Nassir 11 city, motor vehicle ownership have dramatically increased.

Severe trover I congestion and frequent traffic accidents are particularly evident in large cities' 1 Iraq.

Inadequate parking facilities often result in the difficulty to find a parking I space and illegally parked vehicles on crowded streets are widespread.

This I illegally parked vehicles further intensify traffic congestion and also pose a traffic I .safety hazard.

It is essential for proper parking policy development to understand I the exact problems and to know international experience.

In this paper, the I CBD (Central Business Districted) area was chosen in Nasiriya City to prepare [ traffic study, involving data collection for number of parked vehicles and its I positions on main roads, parking characteristics, and parking capacity.

By using {effective model of GIS road applications (Spatial Analysis), results of this j research indicate that the Illegal on-street parking is wide spread, shortage of [parking facilities and all off street parking are unlicensed.

This data used to I calculate shortage percent in parking area, then chosen the optimum sites for I construction and development parks to close this shortage.