Open Access3 SSUET Parking Facility, A Case Study; Current Scenario, Future Needs and Proposed Solution
Author(s) -
Muhammad Saeed,
Safdar Abbas Zaidi,
Muhammad Nasir
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sir syed university research journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2415-2048
pISSN - 1997-0641
DOI - 10.33317/ssurj.v1i1.46
Subject(s) - transport engineering , parking space , relation (database) , order (exchange) , parking lot , traffic planning , business , engineering , civil engineering , computer science , finance , database
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.