A study of crowding and intra-city traffic accidents factors In citizens' views in City of Bandar Anzali

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

nasrollah MolaeiHashjin ¹ , noraldin azimi Azimi ² , mohamadjavad Ghorbani ³

1 - دانشیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد رشت، گروه جغرافیا، رشت، ایران
2 - استادیار دانشگاه گیلان، گروه شهرسازی، رشت، ایران
3 - دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی شهری، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد رشت، رشت، ایران

Received: 2012-01-12 Accepted : 2012-12-15 Published : 2012-11-21

Keywords: City crowd, Intra-city accidents, Citizens' views, City of Bandar Anzali,

Abstract :

One of the effects of unorganized and immethodical growth and congestion of activities in urban areas in our country lies in big crowd and high rate of intra-city traffic accidents. That is why Iran is considered as one of the car accident-arising countries in the world. This article tends to have a general investigation over intra-city traffic accidents in the city of Bandar Anzali and their emerging factors in the citizens' views. Data are generally gathered through questionnaire in a field study. The results found indicate that weakness in public transportation system with high capacity of carriage, lack of special lane in the main street, apartment building, population increase, and poor public parking spaces are the main factors of crowd congestion and intra-city traffic. Similarly, selling excess building lands by municipality, migration, and narrow passages in old part of the city are the other factors of crowd congestion and intra-city traffic in citizens' views.