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Organizing and Scheduling Drivers in a Transportation System in Kuwait

Introduction

Due to economic growth (especially during the 1970s) there was an increase in automobile ownership, with its associated activities such as goods transportation, new infrastructure and in turn, more traffic congestion and urban planning difficulties. An increase in population creates a sort of domino effect: affecting all services negatively. The urban sprawl that affects cities is a more significant issue in Third World countries than it is in First and Second World countries. The lack of professional expertise in planning, developing, and managing these cities, by not addressing urban planning and transportation issues and postponing them, eventually results in intractable transportation systems and networks. Transportation infrastructure investments have long-lasting implications not only on the transportation system but also on the larger environmental, economic, and social systems with which transportation interacts. For a nation like Kuwait, the sustainability of the transportation system is critical because this sector is responsible for 10 percent of the world's gross domestic product, 22 percent of global energy consumption, 25 percent of fossil fuel burning, and 30 percent of global air pollution and greenhouse gases. Even a nation like the United States accounts for only five percent of the world's population but produces 45 percent of the global warming pollution from vehicles. Kuwait is no different when it comes to traffic and transportation problems. There is a growing need for organized driving with proper scheduling and the main reasons why it is so shall be discussed in the paper that follows.

Discussion

Kuwait, just like other countries of the world, faces the growing problem and concern of developed traffic and transportation systems. Its transportation system is not as strong or developed as the country would like. There is a need to organize the driving in the country and to schedule the driving to make it more streamlined and proper. The definitions of sustainable transportation are generally derived from the Brundtland Commission's definition of sustainable development but reflect multiple objectives related specifically to the development of transportation systems. Current definitions of sustainable transportation are comprehensive and include certain commonalities that reflect a conceptual understanding of what sustainable transportation entails. It has been observed that besides the increase of the population of the big metropolitan cities, the traffic congestion problem has also been high. The Traffic Department of Kuwait, just like other developing countries, find the shortsighted solution. The concerned governments, some cities and their concerned Traffic Departments/ Municipality Authorities have been able to achieve some improvement in mass transit system (Al-Bustan & Koushki, 2003, pp 207).

These cities were able to integrate between different transit modes and a sustainable mass transit system as a solution to the traffic problems encountered in order to avoid negative impacts of this problem on their economy, environment, health, commercial business, and attitude of the public. To control all these negative impacts, different mass transit systems have been implemented in different metropolitan cities of the world. Statistics of travel demand and transportation ...