Traffic

Unit Director : Prof. Dr. Ahmed Said Abotaleb


Profile and Missions


Profile

 

The Transportation and Traffic Planning Consulting Unit (TTP Unit) is one of the semi-private units that woks under the umbrella  of the Engineering Consulting Center (ECC), Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University. TTP unit has started its activities since 1996. Several studies have been conducted in the field of transportation planning and traffic engineering in Egypt since this date. The total budget of the conducted studies so far was about four million Egyptian pounds.

 TTP unit has several experts in the field of transportation and traffic, who are staff members in the faculty, as well as some engineers. Most of the TTP unit staff has wide experience inside and outside the country whether in conducting the relevant studies or in the field of training.

 TTP unit has several computers, transportationm and traffic software, and several traffic devices that usually be used in the studies conducted by the unit.

 

MISSION

 

-          To service the society through introducing solutions for the transportation and traffic problems with a scientific manner.

-          To combine both the scientific and practical experiences for the TTP staff member.

-          To correlate the scientific researches conducted by the TTP unit with the practical issues of the transportation and traffic fields.

Services

  • Transport Pricing Studies          

  • Operating Costs Studies   

  • Feasibility Studies For Transportation Projects

  • Financial and Economical Evaluation of Transportation Projects Alternatives

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      TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

    • Railway Service Design

    • Railway Transportations studies.

    • Railway Safety Studies.

     

    TRAFFIC studies

    • Traffic Management.

    • Intersection Design

    • Traffic Control Devices.

    • Parking Studies.

    • Traffic Safety Studies.

    • Traffic impact Studies.

     

    SEMINARS AND training courses

    • Transportation planning & traffic engineering principles

    • Traffic safety & Accidents Prevention on Roads & Railways.

    • Traffic Impact Studies.

    • Public Transportation Services Design.

    • Traffic Management.

    Previous Practical Experience

    Most Recent Projects and Studies

     

    • Determination of Passenger Volume at Railway Stations and Setting the Suggestions for  Improving These Stations, Transport Planning Authority (TPA), Ministry of Transport, Egypt, Current Study 

    • Safety of Passengers Transportation on Railway & Underground Metro, TPA, Ministry of Transport, June 2003       

    • Traffic Impact Study for Europe 2000 Hotel at AL-Moqatam Area, Cairo, 2003

    • Policies of Intercity Passengers Transport on Roads Using Public Transport Modes” TPA, Ministry of Transport, December 2002

    • Current Situation of Public Transport Companies and Their Development Suggestions” TPA, Ministry of Transport, September 2002

    • Environmental Impact of Al-Azhar Tunnels, National Authority for Tunnels Ministry of Transport, April 2002
      • Data Collection Stage of the “National Transport study & the Feasibility Study for Urban Transportation Project in Greater Cairo”, Pacific  Consultant International, JICA, 2001

    • Geometric Design and Re-planning of All Intersections Surrounding Al-Azhar Tunnels”, El- Nile Company for Construction & Pavement, 2001

    • Supervision of Pavement Works in the Area Surrounding Al-Azhar Tunnels and in the CBD area, National Authority for Tunnels, 2001

      • Trips Generated from the Urban Area in the West of Greater Cairo.” Physical Planning Authority, Ministry of Housing, Utilities, May 2001

    • Traffic Study on Road Network Surrounding Al-Azhar Tunnels and in the CBD Area: National Authority for Tunnels, Ministry of Transport, 1999

    • Evaluation of Connecting Satellite Cities Around Greater Cairo with Rapid Transit System, Case Study: 10th of Ramadan City, Ain Shams University, 1996