Route Network Analysis in Khartoum City

Abstract

Road network has been viewed as a major dynamic force in influencing quality of life and shaping cities all over the globe. Sudan as developing country is witnessing growth in transport and infrastructure such as roads and bridges. Big cities such as Khartoum suffer from congestions of traffic. Nevertheless, finding correct route in the required time is a difficult problem for many drivers especially in emergency cases. The lack of adequate information to find the shortest route to the nearest service, together with the lack of tools to extract such information and presents it when needed. The purpose of the paper is to introduce a proposal to produce digital route guided maps and hence deploy digital spatially enabled location-based computer program to be downloaded in laptop and mobile as a platform to improve services in case of emergencies such as accidents. This had been done by utilizing the capabilities of GIS in network analysis and visualization to enhance decision making in route selection to the nearest hospital by mapping the services area based on travel time.