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... is situated on the northern coast of Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Libya borders from west Algeria, from northwest Tunisia, from east Egypt, from southeast Sudan, Chad and Niger to the south, Libya has an area of approximately 1,759,540 sq km and country population of about 6,036,914 people. The religion of the people in Libya is Islam and the official language is Arabic, usually rendered useful for business purposes, some Berber language, as well as English and Italian. Libya has a shoreline of 1,770 km. Dominated by the Sahara desert; the majority of the land is barren and relatively level. The capital city of Libya named Tripoli Figure 1 shows the location of the country and the position of Tripoli on Libyan coastal pelt (Libya country Profile –2007, 2008). Public transports in Libya simply mean shared taxis, buses and coaches. Public transport is always assigned together with the required escort for those who arrive without one. Currently, there are no trains in Libya. Libya has no railways since 1965, where the government had to abolish this system, in order to restore the occupation that had been established. There are a few bus services, mainly come in the form of comfortable, air-conditioned coaches between Tripoli and Benghazi and other major cities. The bus services also include the microbus service which operates between cities. Long distance taxi fares can be quite expensive and should be agreed in advance. Taxis are available in large cities, and are often used to share works under the supervision of a private union and the majority of taxis are cheap and lease negotiation, and with prices specified in the fixed lines. Private taxis in the capital operate like other private taxis in other countries. They are found only in large cities as well as in the capital city of Tripoli. The increasing numbers of motor vehicles in Libya, all kinds from private cars, private transport, taxis and trucks and heavy equipment in the period from 1998 to 2008 demonstrated a condition of the severity of the congestion on major roads between main and interior cities, which reached more than 2,000,000 vehicles at the end of 2008. The vehicles’ total number is 2052679 except that of government vehicles and those of the international organizations. The traffic statistics of the number of vehicles registered in Libya until the end of 1998 (203575) reached up to (2052679) car until the end of 2008 or increased to about ten times as it was in 1998 and was distributed following the private transport (367824), own car (1525429), taxi (77320), trailer and lorry (61124), Motorcycles (873), heavy equipment (20109), (extracted from data 2008). Tripoli is the capital city of Libya and the largest seaport. Tripoli has two main airports namely Tripoli international airport and Umm Aitiqah airport. Tripoli is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Equator at the latitude (32.56 0 ), and longitude (13.10 0 ), east of Greenwich. The importance of its location is suggested in Tripoli as one of the best economic and commercial centres in North Africa (Libya Nation Atlas 1978) as shown in Figure 1. Population of Tripoli is 1,682,000 people with Area of 400 sq km, population density 2207.32 people / sq km (Libya country Profile –2007, 2008). More than thirty years ago there were only a number of cars in Tripoli, and today the streets are more crowded with modern vehicles, own cars, taxis and different types of microbuses. The continuing growth in the vehicle’s ownership, lack of road spaces and public transport system has led to the various traffic problems in Tripoli streets. The number of vehicles has increased to approximately 705025 own cars, 43,740 taxis, and lorries from one to three tons (120,599 vehicles), vehicles’ heavy load (for 29,343 vehicles). Moreover, the total vehicles using the road of Tripoli every day are 898,707 vehicles, at the peak period from 7 am to 7pm, there is a continual congestion, where the traffic overflow is a frequent problem through weekdays (data as of 2008). Tripoli was growing very fast for the last ten years from the year 2000 to 2009, both geographically and administratively. More and more policies and regulations are being developed at the Tripoli level, particularly in the fields of traffic and transport. The free movement of people, goods and services is a key priority of the Tripoli city. Relatively speaking, the survey was carried in Tripoli due to the high number of private vehicles’ ownership and no public transport system services which subsequeny leads to acute traffic congestion in the selected areas, as shown in Figure ...

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... is situated on the northern coast of Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Libya borders from west Algeria, from northwest Tunisia, from east Egypt, from southeast Sudan, Chad and Niger to the south, Libya has an area of approximately 1,759,540 sq km and country population of about 6,036,914 people. The religion of the people in Libya is Islam and the official language is Arabic, usually rendered useful for business purposes, some Berber language, as well as English and Italian. Libya has a shoreline of 1,770 km. Dominated by the Sahara desert; the majority of the land is barren and relatively level. The capital city of Libya named Tripoli Figure 1 shows the location of the country and the position of Tripoli on Libyan coastal pelt (Libya country Profile –2007, 2008). Public transports in Libya simply mean shared taxis, buses and coaches. Public transport is always assigned together with the required escort for those who arrive without one. Currently, there are no trains in Libya. Libya has no railways since 1965, where the government had to abolish this system, in order to restore the occupation that had been established. There are a few bus services, mainly come in the form of comfortable, air-conditioned coaches between Tripoli and Benghazi and other major cities. The bus services also include the microbus service which operates between cities. Long distance taxi fares can be quite expensive and should be agreed in advance. Taxis are available in large cities, and are often used to share works under the supervision of a private union and the majority of taxis are cheap and lease negotiation, and with prices specified in the fixed lines. Private taxis in the capital operate like other private taxis in other countries. They are found only in large cities as well as in the capital city of Tripoli. The increasing numbers of motor vehicles in Libya, all kinds from private cars, private transport, taxis and trucks and heavy equipment in the period from 1998 to 2008 demonstrated a condition of the severity of the congestion on major roads between main and interior cities, which reached more than 2,000,000 vehicles at the end of 2008. The vehicles’ total number is 2052679 except that of government vehicles and those of the international organizations. The traffic statistics of the number of vehicles registered in Libya until the end of 1998 (203575) reached up to (2052679) car until the end of 2008 or increased to about ten times as it was in 1998 and was distributed following the private transport (367824), own car (1525429), taxi (77320), trailer and lorry (61124), Motorcycles (873), heavy equipment (20109), (extracted from data 2008). Tripoli is the capital city of Libya and the largest seaport. Tripoli has two main airports namely Tripoli international airport and Umm Aitiqah airport. Tripoli is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Equator at the latitude (32.56 0 ), and longitude (13.10 0 ), east of Greenwich. The importance of its location is suggested in Tripoli as one of the best economic and commercial centres in North Africa (Libya Nation Atlas 1978) as shown in Figure 1. Population of Tripoli is 1,682,000 people with Area of 400 sq km, population density 2207.32 people / sq km (Libya country Profile –2007, 2008). More than thirty years ago there were only a number of cars in Tripoli, and today the streets are more crowded with modern vehicles, own cars, taxis and different types of microbuses. The continuing growth in the vehicle’s ownership, lack of road spaces and public transport system has led to the various traffic problems in Tripoli streets. The number of vehicles has increased to approximately 705025 own cars, 43,740 taxis, and lorries from one to three tons (120,599 vehicles), vehicles’ heavy load (for 29,343 vehicles). Moreover, the total vehicles using the road of Tripoli every day are 898,707 vehicles, at the peak period from 7 am to 7pm, there is a continual congestion, where the traffic overflow is a frequent problem through weekdays (data as of 2008). Tripoli was growing very fast for the last ten years from the year 2000 to 2009, both geographically and administratively. More and more policies and regulations are being developed at the Tripoli level, particularly in the fields of traffic and transport. The free movement of people, goods and services is a key priority of the Tripoli city. Relatively speaking, the survey was carried in Tripoli due to the high number of private vehicles’ ownership and no public transport system services which subsequeny leads to acute traffic congestion in the selected areas, as shown in Figure ...