Development and Improvement of Traffic Flow and Artistic Elements in Omdurman City Centre

Abstract

This research aims to study the problem of traffic congestion in the heart of Omdurman city, specifically in the area between the house of the intersection of leader Al Azhari and local building and cemeteries Ahmed Sharafi and Hilal Stadium, activities varied in the study area, we find the government buildings, hospitals, universities and schools, in addition to the activities of commercial and business and the presence of the private sector the largest gathering point for transportation in the city. And also the analysis of the aesthetic and traffic elements of the center of Omdurman city through the current reality evaluation of these elements and to identify the positive and negative effects, and to develop proposals that will help to develop the area aesthetically and traffic and functionally. The study is based on methodology mainly on the descriptive and analytical approach based on available from the city of Omdurman and status information (questionnaire, personal interview, field survey, counting the traffic) The results indicated that the Omdurman city center suffering from traffic jams and declining lay in the level of service in roads that the basic measure of the state of the road, optical distortion represented in the facades of buildings and billboards and umbrellas shops and sidewalks, as well as the lack of the area components aesthetic, the lack of public services and utilities. The study concluded that a set of recommendations, the most important of the need to solve the traffic congestion problem and the local Omdurman reorganization of the city center and through the organization of spaces and squares, providing the area with furniture streets, study traffic and pedestrian traffic in the area and the organization of the billboards, and the restoration of the old and historic buildings and rehabilitation.