The Descriptive Analysis for Traffic Volume on Main five Entrances to City Center of Gharian, Libya

Abstract

Most of the Libyan cities are suffering from severe traffic congestion. This is due to increases in private car usage and taxi. Gharian is the main city of Algabel Algarbi, it is one of these cities that where the majority of the travellers prefer to use private car, which that make up of 90% of the traffic volume, whereas the remaining ten percents use private transport as (taxi, micro bus and privately operated coaches). This study aims to support the problem statement in the study area and shows the number of private car and private transport vehicles entering Gharian every day at peak hours. Also aims to identify factors that affect transportation mode preferences for all trips, to develop a suitable model for the Gharian travellers. For this questionnaire survey was carried out in Gharian city in the year 2018 to explore the potential reduction of private cars usage on the road through optimal use of public transport (PT) system. The study sample total is 150 respondents. They were selected and distributed randomly from different Gharian residential areas. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 19 and Excel 2007 software were used to analyses the questionnaire.