Classification of the street network in the city of Baghdad, Karkh side as an example

Abstract

The urban transportation system is an essential component of the urban land use structure and vital city facilities, effectively contributing to enhancing spatial connectivity and functional interaction between the city's various parts. The efficiency of transportation systems is a key component in facilitating the daily lives of residents, as the quality of these systems, in terms of fluidity and appropriate spatial distribution, A direct impact on the economic, social and environmental aspects, whether at the level of the city as a whole or at the level of individuals, as the research concluded that the network in the Karkh side consists of three main patterns: the organic pattern that is linked to the first emergence of the city Such as the Sheikh Bashar neighborhood in the Sheikh Marouf area (old Karkh) and some of the old Kadhimiya neighborhoods and the quadrilateral and perpendicular grid pattern that prevails and dominates the other patterns in all the municipalities on the Karkh side. The research results also showed that the streets of the Karkh side are classified according to the function they perform into several types, including commercial streets, which number (70) streets, in addition to industrial, recreational and residential streets. The study relied in this classification on the criterion of street width. According to this criterion, the streets of the study area were divided into four main categories: expressways, numbering (7) streets, main streets, numbering (20) streets, secondary streets, numbering (15) streets, and finally local streets, numbering (115) streets.