Abstract
This paper presents results of a study carried outfor planning a parking facility in order to mitigate trafficcongestion problem on Sardar Ali Sabri Road near Sir SyedUniversity of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) Chowk inGulshan-e-Iqbal town of Karachi city. American Association ofState Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)guidelines were used in planning of the parking facility. Theplanned parking facility has capacity to accommodate around700 cars and 2000 motorcycles. A traffic study has been carriedout to estimate the space required by vehicles for parking in theSSUET. Data analysis of traffic growth of Karachi city has beenperformed to study the co-relation between traffic growth rate ofKarachi and number of parking vehicles in SSUET. It is foundthat no such co-relation exists and the city’s traffic has no impacton number of parking vehicles in SSUET. It is found that theparameters, affecting growth of parking traffic in SSUET, arenumber of departments of the university and number of seats perdiscipline allowed by HEC/PEC. Finally, construction of aparking plaza in SSUET is proposed for improvement of parkingfacilities.
Highlights
It is found that no such co-relation exists and the city’s traffic has no impact on number of parking vehicles in Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET)
It is found that the parameters, affecting growth of parking traffic in SSUET, are number of departments of the university and number of seats per discipline allowed by HEC/PEC
Due to the lack of capacity of parking area in university domain, people had to park their cars under the flyover in front of Aligarh Institute gate and motorcycles are parked on Sardar Ali Sabri road which resulted in frequent traffic congestion near the SSUET Chowk
Summary
Many Studies have investigated the effect of the parking stall angle on the overall efficiency of a parking lot. Some researchers and investigators have given the idea of manual planning and adjustments for finding the most feasible parking pattern. This was aimed to get the maximum utilization of available space by dividing the lot into appropriate number of rectangles and their separate planning [2]. The 90 degree stall angle resulted in the maximum number of spaces in most of the cases [3]. The 75 degree stall angle is the second most efficient orientation for parking facility. Index Terms –SSUET chowk, Parking facility, Stall angle, Traffic Growth rate, Traffic Forecasting
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