Toward Solving the Car Parking Issue For Egyptian Cities

Amer, Abdelwahab Mohamed; Elalfy, Ayman; Farrag, Nermin Mokhtar

doi:10.21608/jisse.2021.102713.1047

Toward Solving the Car Parking Issue For Egyptian Cities

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Civil Engineering Department, Engineering and Renewable Energy Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

² Civil Engineering Department, Engineering and Renewable Energy Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

10.21608/jisse.2021.102713.1047

Abstract

Car parking nowadays is a big common issue for both developed and developing nations' metropolitan centers. Many cities are suffering nowadays from a lack of car parking places which is generated as a result of an increasing rate of cars ownership. Having an imbalance between parking availability and its demand may be regarded as the root cause of urban car parking issues. A part of the reason for this mismatch is due to inadequate future planning for the land use and the miscalculation of future car parking space needs. The research focuses on the city's car parking problem, especially in Egyptian cities. In this regard the research begins by listing some current major car parking issues in Cairo as an example for Egyptian cities, showing its various causes and its current tried-and-true - yet ineffective - solutions. The research deals with some methods of solving Car parking problems for the Egyptian cities within three major axis, planning, management and new car parking technologies. Based on a study of some current planning and management trends as well as innovative technical solutions, the research reached to make some recommendations that can assist easing Egyptian cities car parking problems. Setting a way to accomplish bigger community goals such as improving urban mobility and making cities more livable and efficient.

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