There is a lack of
urban and transportation planning in Jenin City. This study addresses
the short-term planning for the transportation systems in Jenin City to
reach at appropriate solutions for the transportation problems in the
city.
In addition, the study addresses other detailed objectives for the
various transportation systems in the city. This study includes
statistical data collection from its various sources and field surveys
(traffic volume studies, parking studies, and inventory studies). The
thesis includes a study of existing transportation systems (description
and evaluation), traffic analysis of studied intersections (capacity,
level of service, and signalization). The analysis includes existing and
future conditions (after five years), which depend on projected number
of vehicles based on natural population growth for Jenin City, as the
number of vehicles during the last ten years was not regularly
registered and licensed. The importance of this thesis is that there is
a need for regularly conducting such studies every five years to update
such plans taking into consideration several changes taking place in
this city. Most of these changes come from political and economical
reasons, in addition to the changing traffic conditions in the
transportation network and the existing and proposed transportation
systems resulted from the Jenin Master Plan.
Based on the analysis, the study reached at several recommendations for
the existing and proposed road network conditions, which form the
transportation master plan for the city.
The proposed changes include plans for the studied intersections and
roadways, parking, public transportation, truck routes, pedestrian
areas, and the institutional structure. The study concluded that only
one intersection is warranted for signalization in the future, which is
An-Naffa Intersection.