International Science and Technology Journal

The rapid growth in the city of Benghazi has led to a significant increase in the demand for land, and ways to reinvest it in order to become more useful and beneficial to its owners. This in return has led to the transformation of residential neighbourhoods into commercial and business areas; resulting in horizontal and vertical expansions, encroachments on right-of-way, increase in population density and vehicles traffic. The residential districts that used to be trip Production regions have turned into trip attraction regions. This has negatively affected the city infrastructure performance since the purpose it serves in reality is different from that it was designed for. Perhaps the most obvious example is the low level of service provided by the road network and the increasing congestions. Road traffic congestion in general is a direct result of land use changes that are contrary to the city planning vision. This case study includes Tabalino neighbourhood, a residential district in Benghazi. The study shows the impact of land use change and its re-investment to educational centres (private schools) on traffic in that area. This reinvestment of real estate attracts more trips into the local streets than the neighbourhood’s design capacity. The number of students in these schools within the neighbourhood of Tabalino is estimated at a staggering 5,330 students. Due to the lack of public transportation options, parents are limited to one option which is the use of private vehicles to bring the kids to school. The schools traffic has created a concentration of vehicles at the entry and exist points of the neighbourhood. Due to the traffic bottleneck in the main streets of the neighbourhood, the performance of the road dropped to (F- Level) during peak hours. In this field study, technical and organizational strategies were proposed to reduce the problem of traffic congestion within the residential area, away from the construction and expansion of roads and entrances. Strategies proposed are such as the necessity of continuous follow-up of planning and land use. The establishment of strict procedures for the issuance of licenses and sever consequences for the offenders, which will create an ideal environment for the students and ensure the quality of education