Trip and Parking Generation for Shopping Centers in Jordan

摘要

In the last decade, Jordan has exhibited an abnormal population growth. Jordan's population increased from about 5 million people in 2005 to 9.5 million people in 2015. Part of this increase is attributed to Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Thus, large shopping centers were constructed to provide the needed economic services. These centers generated considerable trips and parking demands, and ultimately created extensive pressure on the surrounding street network and contributed to traffic congestion, accidents, and pollution. To overcome this problem, traffic engineers and urban planners must be able to estimate the generated trips and parking demands in order to assess the impact of these developments on the nearby existing street network. Such assessment is necessary to aid decision makers to achieve sustainable developments.