Abstract
This paper focused on studying the service characteristics of bus routes in the city of Kut, such as determining the stopping points for each of the public transport lines in the study area, the total boarding and disembarkation of passengers at each station, determining the location of the bus route, time, distance traveled and the number of passengers in the bus, estimating the demand of passengers on the bus route. This study aims to assess the efficiency of the performance of the public transport network and help decision makers to identify the problem of traffic congestion in the streets of the city for take the necessary measures to make improvements to the public transport network and thus encourage citizens to use them, which contributes to alleviating the traffic of congestion in the streets of the city , as the number of bus service lines in the city of Kut was 12 routes throughout the city. Two types of field surveys were conducted on these routes for the purpose of data collection, namely the ride check survey, and the point check survey. The results of the analysis in this study, which depended on collecting data and determining where and how passengers used the service, showed that the paths (Al-Sawadah, Al-Khajia, Al-Anwar, Al-Hawra) have the greatest demand for travel with a value of (2880, 2810, 2560, 2392) passenger/hour respectively. Also the boarding and alighting of passengers is not high in most of the roads and that some roads are of low load .
Highlights
The urban bus service system is the most important component of public transportation
Research Methodology The study of the characteristics of public bus routes in the city of Kut was based on collecting the necessary field data and calculating the number of current passengers for each route based on two survey methods: 6.1
The survey was conducted by standing at the maximum loading point identified by recording the boarding and alighting data collected from the ride check survey and along each route not shared with other transmission routes
Summary
The purpose of preparing the research is: Determining the stopping points for each public transport route in the study area and the total boarding and alighting of passengers at each stop. Time, distance traveled and number of passengers on the bus. Estimated passenger demand on the bus route. The research is a starting point for decision makers to find out the causes of the traffic momentum problem in the city streets and to make improvements in the performance of public transportation mean to encourage citizens to use it
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