Proposal to improve the performance of Bab-Al-Muadam garage

Abstract

Bab-Al-Muadam is one of the oldest and well-known rueasof the capital city (Baghdad), Bab-Al-Muadam garage isconsidered as one of the important garages that servicesmany people. Many activity centers (colleges, governmentcenters and one of the important hospitals) were located inthis area so many people reached this area, in return thegarage became the centre of many trips and the numbers ofvehicles belong to it increased through years.Because of the large numbers of vehicles and the lack ofgood organization in the garage many drivers began to stopand pickup persons out of the garage itself and this wouldcause congestion problems due to interference betweentraffic flow and these vehicles flow, so the idea of this workwas to remove some of the lines stopping out of the garageand locate them in a yard with a strategic location in order toget better services. An alternate design of the garage wasprepared and an interview was made with the people whowould affect with these changes ,most of the people wouldencourage the idea.