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Cairo Traffic Congestion Study : Final Report

The Greater Cairo Metropolitan Area (GCMA), with more than 19 million inhabitants, is host to more than one-fifth of Egypt's population. The GCMA is also an important contributor to the Egyptian economy in terms of GDP and jobs. The population...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCIDENT RATES ACCIDENTS AGGREGATES AGGRESSIVE DRIVING AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ARTERIAL STREET AUTO USERS AVERAGE SPEED AVERAGE SPEEDS AVERAGE TRAVEL SPEEDS AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BICYCLES BOTTLENECK BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE BUS BUSES CAR CAR USE CAR USERS CARBON DIOXIDE CARS CAUSES OF CONGESTION CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS CITY STREETS CLIMATE CHANGE CONGESTION COST CONGESTION COSTS CONGESTION INDEX CONGESTION MITIGATION CONGESTION ON ROADS CONGESTION REDUCTION CONGESTION REDUCTION STRATEGIES COST OF CONGESTION COST OF TRAFFIC COST OF TRAVEL COSTS OF CONGESTION CRASH RATE DAILY TRAFFIC DEMAND MANAGEMENT DIESEL DIESEL FUEL DIRECT CONGESTION DOUBLE PARKING DRIVERS DRIVING BEHAVIOR DUST EMISSION EMISSION FACTORS EMISSION RATES EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM ROAD EMISSIONS FROM ROAD TRAFFIC EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES EQUATIONS EXCESS FUEL CONSUMPTION EXPRESSWAYS FIXED TRIP FLOW OF TRAFFIC FRAMEWORK FREEWAY FREEWAYS FREIGHT FREIGHT VEHICLES FREQUENCY OF CRASHES FUEL FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL ECONOMY FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICES FUEL TYPE FUEL TYPES FUEL USE GASOLINE GASOLINE COST GASOLINE USE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GRADE HEAVY TRUCKS HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES HIGHWAY HIGHWAY CAPACITY HIGHWAYS ILLEGAL PARKING INCOME INCREASING FUEL CONSUMPTION INTERSECTION INTERSECTIONS LAND USE LANES LIGHT TRUCK LOAD FACTORS LOCAL ROADS LOWER TRAFFIC VOLUMES MAJOR ROUTES MASS TRANSIT MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS METRO LINE METRO RIDERSHIP MINIBUS MINIBUSES MODAL SPLIT MODE SPLIT MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTORCYCLE MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLISTS MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NARROW BRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS PASSENGER PASSENGER CAR UNIT PASSENGER CARS PASSENGER VEHICLE PASSENGERS PAVEMENT PAVEMENT CONDITIONS PCU PEAK HOURS PEAK PERIOD PEAK PERIODS PEAK TRAFFIC PEAK TRAVEL PEAK-HOUR PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS PEDESTRIANS POPULATION GROWTH PRIMARY HIGHWAYS PRIVATE CAR OWNERSHIP PRIVATE VEHICLES PUBLIC TRANSPORT RED LIGHTS RIDERSHIP RING ROAD ROAD ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD CAPACITY ROAD CONGESTION ROAD HIERARCHY ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD PROJECTS ROAD SURFACE ROAD TRAFFIC ROADS ROADWAY ROADWAY CAPACITY ROADWAY EXPANSION ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SHRINKAGE SLOW TRAFFIC SPEED BUMPS SPEEDS STREET NETWORK STREET PARKING SUBSIDY COST SURFACE STREETS TAXIS THROUGH TRAFFIC TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEMS TRAFFIC COUNT TRAFFIC COUNTS TRAFFIC DATA TRAFFIC DELAYS TRAFFIC DEMAND TRAFFIC LANES TRAFFIC LAWS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC PATTERNS TRAFFIC SIGNALS TRAFFIC SPEEDS TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSIT TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS TRANSIT INVESTMENTS TRANSIT RIDERS TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSIT USAGE TRANSIT VEHICLES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTING TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TRAVEL DEMAND TRAVEL DISTANCE TRAVEL SPEED TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRAVELERS TRIP TRIP GENERATION TRIP TIME TRIPS TRUCKS TRUST FUND TUNNEL TUNNEL CROSSING URBAN AREAS URBAN EXPRESSWAYS URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECTS URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR URBANIZATION VALUE OF TIME VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION VEHICLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COST VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VEHICLE TRAVEL VEHICLE TRAVEL REDUCTION VEHICLE TRIPS VEHICLE TYPES VEHICLES VEHICLES PER HOUR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/19657784/egypt-arab-republic-cairo-traffic-congestion-study-vol-2-2-final-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18735

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Summary:	The Greater Cairo Metropolitan Area (GCMA), with more than 19 million inhabitants, is host to more than one-fifth of Egypt's population. The GCMA is also an important contributor to the Egyptian economy in terms of GDP and jobs. The population of the GCMA is expected to further increase to 24 million by 2027, and correspondingly its importance to the economy will also increase. Traffic congestion is a serious problem in the GCMA with large and adverse effects on both the quality of life and the economy. In addition to the time wasted standing still in traffic, time that could be put to more productive uses, congestion results in unnecessary fuel consumption, causes additional wear and tear on vehicles, increases harmful emissions lowering air quality, increases the costs of transport for business, and makes the GCMA an unattractive location for businesses and industry. These adverse effects have very real and large monetary and nonmonetary costs not only for the economy of the GCMA, but given its size, for the economy of Egypt as well. As the population of the GCMA continues to increase, traffic congestion is becoming worse and the need to address this congestion is becoming more urgent. In recognition of the seriousness of the problem of traffic congestion, and upon the request of Government, primarily the Ministries of Finance, Transport, Housing, and Interior, the World Bank funded an investigation into its magnitude, causes, and potential solutions in the GCMA. This report documents the results of the study. The results of this study should be of interest to policy-makers and practitioners in the GCMA, the Egyptian Government, other cities facing similar problems, and international financial institutions.