Factors causing traffic jams in the holy city of Najaf and proposed short-term solutions

Abstract

Traffic congestion is a type of traffic problem represented by (traffic violations and accidents) one of the most important problems that occupy the thoughts of many interested in the subject of transport, especially urban transport (within cities), it is a problem that most countries of the world suffer from, especially the countries of the developing world, which is the tax of civilizational and technological development Which people pay, and it is also considered as one of the effects of the daily work movements carried out by urban residents, as they go to work places and to places of education such as schools, institutes, colleges, and even kindergartens, as well as to shopping and many other purposes, all of which are movements that affect the increase or decrease in the percentage of traffic jams In the streets of the city, according to the intensity of traffic and traffic, as well as the nature and equipment of roads.