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Private and commercial Transportation
The role that traffic operations and travel option strategies will play in Greater Irbid Municipality’s future is significant. The
size of the congestion problem in the city’s areas is more significant than these actions will be able to address alone, but
they do represent a part of the solution.
Rapidly removing crashed vehicles, timing the traffic signals so that more vehicles see green lights, improving road and
intersection designs, or adding a short section of roadway are relatively simple actions with big payoffs. The strategies
summarized here and mentioned in each municipal area discussion can create congestion benefits if they are implemented
on the congested roads and on many parallel and intersecting roads, lanes or transit routes.
The actions are summarised in the following table:
Transportation Private and commercial
19.0 Traffic Study Project to Identify a Single-track Road
20.0 Design of Traffic Links
21.0 Transport Complex East of Irbid
22.0 Bicycle Sharing Project
23.0 Public Transport Project
24.0 Shuttle Bus
25.0 Optical Signal Control Project
26.0 Intelligent Transportation
27.0 Car Parking Project of Rented Premises
28.0 Light Train Project
29.0 Project Speed Control through Cameras and Radars
30.0 Construction of a Multi-storey Parking Lot
Transportation Municipal fleet
31 Replacement of Vehicles operating in the Municipality with Electric Vehicles
But before the Municipality starts working on these actions, it is important to ensure that the planned actions will be well
implemented and supported by the local community.
Knowing that the transportation sector has an important role in the citizens’ life as a lot of time and money is spent over
the roads. Resolving the congestion problems in the streets that usually affect specific groups of people is very important;
for that it is imperative to have public input into the planning process. So, the most important part in the transportation
plans is to create ‘’CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES’’
A Citizen Advisory Committee is a collection of stakeholders’ representatives assembled to provide public input into the
planning process. The committees have an obligation to keep their constituents informed of the development and
operations of transportation projects in their area. They also serve as a representative body during meetings where project
information is discussed. Committees often speak for or against projects on behalf of their constituents. These groups can
provide credibility to a project or process, and help ensure that citizen feedback is representative of community interests
and concerns.
A citizen advisory committee can be formed at a project’s initiation to guide the project development process. An
alternative solution would be for them to act can act as ad hoc committees to provide input whenever it is needed.
A citizen advisory committee must include individuals who understand the needs of those they represent. The public must
trust the committee to provide accurate information and adequately express their concerns regarding the project, even
though the public may not always embrace the committee’s recommendations, and the group may not always reach
consensus. The committee process can be labour-intensive, so the municipality must devote sufficient staff support for
them to be productive.
Citizen advisory committees are especially useful from the initial stages of transportation projects. The committee
composition should ensure that all interests are properly represented. The Municipality should be available to assist the
committees without interfering with their function
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