BAGHDAD'S ROAD TO URBAN TRAFFIC CONTROL

In the urban areas of Iraq lack of care and safety education frequently result in conflicts between driver and pedestrian. Programmes of driver and pedestrian education using radio and TV advertising have been introduced in an attempt to reduce the problem. Public transport is also unreliable and overloaded with road networks limited by poor traffic engineering and highway standards. Against this background an area traffic control study of Baghdad has been carried out with the aim of the selection and design of 150 junctions, the introduction of traffic management measures, and a review of the urban traffic control system philosophy. Part 1 of the article considers the selection and design of the junctions, divided into a group of 30 and three groups of 40 as indicated. Design standards adopted were based on UK procedures modified where necessary as road markings were provided in accordance with West German standards. Although traffic control is presently fixed-time, computer control equipment installed as part of an earlier study is to come on line and traffic management schemes are being implemented. (TRRL)

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  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Wilkinson, I
  • Baker, M
• Publication Date: 1983-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 361-365
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Area traffic signal control; Design; Digital computers; Education; Highway traffic control; Intersections; Layout; Networks; Planning; Roads; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic surveys; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Iraq
• ITRD Terms: 669: Area traffic control; 632: Congestion (traffic); 9011: Design (overall design); 8673: Digital computer; 8048: Iraq; 455: Junction; 2885: Layout; 143: Planning; 1053: Road network; 654: Traffic control; 655: Traffic engineering; 676: Traffic survey; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381172
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1984 12:00AM