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An Overview of Urban Transport in Sana'a (Yemen)
1Aows N. Altef, 2Mojtaba Zourbakhsh, 1Foad Shokri, 1Mohammad Hesam Hafezi, 1Amiruddin Ismail and 1Riza Atiq O.K. Rahmat
1Sustainable Urban Transportation Research Centre (Sutra), Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Build Environment, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Dural Ehsan, Malaysia 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Estahban Branch, Estahban, Iran
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2013 15:2773-2776
Received: December 28, 2012 | Accepted: February 18, 2013 | Published: August 20, 2013
Abstract
Due to enhance of number of motor vehicles, the amount of consuming of the world’s oil supply is increased and it is the major source of pollution to the surroundings. Base on this, it is vital to use different techniques to provide more opportunities to identify strategies that can help to utilize more efficient from the current transport resources. In Yemen, the rapid increase in the use of the private vehicles has resulted in increased traffic congestion, accidents, inadequate parking space and air pollution, among other problems. Base on these problems, this study attempts to focus on some factors which lead to rise in private vehicle ownership, motorcycle related concern, demand of more public transport, traffic congestion, parking, road safety and air pollution. Hence, this study tries to rectify the major concerns of traffic congestion and other environment hazards. When the mentioned elements are addressed efficiently, the effective contribution can make successful urban development.
Keywords:
Mode choice, public participation, sustainable transport, transportation planning, travel time,
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests.
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