Off-street parking characteristics in Al-Hilla City Center

Abstract

Parking problems in an urban area are one of the serious problems everywhere, especially in Iraq. Therefore, this study has mainly focused on investigating parking characteristics in the city center of Al-Hilla. These parking characteristics include average turnover and efficiency for off-street parking. Sixteen off-street parking sites have been surveyed through this study. These facilities are within the CBD area in the city. The main results demonstrate a sharp lack of legal parking for off street and most of existing ones are illegal. The average turnover for off-street parking ranges from 1.9 to 2.6 which shows low utilization of each space with the city centre. The study has specific limitations to improve the parking activities with more sophisticated methods of managing off-street parking demand.