Measures that Enhance Favorable Levels of Service and their Modes of Sustainability on Major Roads in Akure, South-Western Nigeria.
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Large cities in developing countries are characterized by
a continuing growth in automobile ownership and insufficient
transportation infrastructure and service development. The
research provided information on the important parameters that
engender various regimes of Levels of Service in Akure, Nigeria
and brought out factors that enhance favorable Levels of Service
and their modes of sustainability. This was achieved by collection
of traffic metering parameters such as traffic composition and
volume-capacity ratio; these were evaluated to determine the levels
of services on the selected major roads such as Oke-Aro, Oke-Ijebu
and Hospital which are critical in Akure metropolis. The traffic
composition analysis revealed passenger car / taxi as the
predominant mode for the entire route. Besides, the result also
revealed increased volume of traffic, poor parking system, ribbon
development/street trading, bad roads, poor geometric or
operational constraints as factors affecting the level of service.
Ultimately the result of this research will help transportation
agencies and the government in proffering adequate measures for
the reduction of traffic congestion on major roads in Akure and
similar capital cities in Nigeria.
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)