APPENDIX 3.2 DESCRIPTION OF SURVEY TASKS APPENDIX 3.2 DESCRIPTION OF SURVEY TASKS 1. Preparatory Work The candidate survey locations were visited several times to: • Select a suitable location for each survey station. • Determine the required manpower of surveyors and supervisors • Sketch the site and its surrounding features. The following precautions were considered when selecting the survey locations: • The survey site has to be on a straight part of the road to provide sufficient sight distance for the surveyor to see the coming vehicles and to secure the safety of the survey team. • The survey site should be on a level road section to avoid the increase in vehicle speed in the down-grade direction which may increase the hazards possibility against the survey team. • The survey site has to be on an illuminated section as possible to provide adequate vision to the survey team during dark periods of the survey works and maintain safety aspects to the survey team. • The survey site has to be easily accessible by optimizing the transport process of the survey team to/from each site. • A detailed sketch for each survey station site should be prepared by the site supervisors. (1) Locations of Traffic Count Survey A total of 17 traffic count stations were, originally, selected to carry out the manual classified count (MCC) for two days during 18 hours starting from 6:00 A.M. till 12:00 A.M. These count stations can be classified into two major categories. The first category (10 bridges) is represented by a screenline along the Nile River. The traffic of the second category represented by the remaining 7 count stations enter/exit the study area within the Ring Road Based on the discussion with the Steering Committee, it was concluded to modify the survey program by conducting the traffic count survey for only one day, while increasing the total number of count stations and maintaining the same cost of traffic A3-2-1 count survey. Additional 11 count stations were added to the planned 17 locations, which yields a total of 28 count stations. The addition or new count stations were selected to be on the route of the proposed expressway network. Moreover, the survey period was reduced to 16 hours instead of 18 hours for security and safety considerations. Figure A3.2-1 illustrates the location map of the following three categories: • Ten (10) bridges across the Nile River, connecting Cairo Governorate with Giza Governorate, which are compatible with the locations counted during the screenline survey of CREATS Phase 1. • Seven (7) count stations crossing the Ring Road, which are selected from the traffic count stations of major arterials of CREATS Phase 1. • Eleven (11) new count stations located on the route of the proposed expressway network. The count stations are donated with different symbols; ellipse, triangle and star for Nile bridges, major arterials and new (additional) count stations, respectively. Table A3.2-1 presents the category, number, code, site name and description of each count station. It is the intention to present the results of traffic count survey and its related issues based on the aforementioned three categories; Bridges (B), Arterials (A) and New sites (NW). Appendix 3.3 illustrates the photos, satellite images, schematic sketches and cross-sections for different count stations by direction. (2) Locations of Willingness-to-Pay Survey Locations of the willingness-to-pay survey were selected to be in convenient places to avoid any interruption of the traffic flow on the main corridors in Greater Cairo Region. Therefore, the road users were interviewed at thirteen (13) different locations including five gas stations, one shopping mall, two parking garages, four shared taxi terminals and some terminals of light truck (pickup). Moreover, the decision makers in nine (9) different companies working in the fields of passenger public transport, tourist service and freight transport were interviewed. Table A3.2-2 gives a description of different willingness-to-pay survey locations for road users, while Table A3.2-3 shows the list of different types of interviewed companies A3-2-2 Figure A3.2-1 Location Map of Traffic Traffic of Location Map A3.2-1 Figure A3-2-3 Table A3.2-1 Description of Traffic Count Locations Type No. Code Site Name Description of Count Location 1 B01 Warraq Bridge Middle of the Bridge (over the Nile River) 2 B02 Rodh El Farag Bridge Middle of the Bridge 3 B03 Imbaba Bridge Middle of the Bridge 4 B04 15th of May Bridge Middle of the Bridge (Zamalek – Kit Kat) 5 B05 6th of October Bridge Middle of the Bridge (Zamalek - Agooza) 6 B06 Galaa Bridge Middle of the Bridge BRIDGES 7 B07 Gamah Bridge Middle of the Bridge 8 B08 Giza Bridge Middle of the Bridge 9 B09 Moneeb Bridge Middle of the Bridge (before Moneeb Exit) 10 B10 Marazeeq Bridge Middle of the Bridge 11 A18 26th of July Corridor Between Railway Line and Ring Road 12 A21 Suez Desert Road Between Km 4.5 and the Ring Road 13 A35 Alex. Agriculture Road Qalyobeya – Ring Road 14 A36 Ismailia Agriculture Road 2 to 3 km North to Ring Road 15 A39 Ismailia Desert Road Between Ring Road and NH No. 45 ARTERIALS ARTERIALS 16 A42 Autostrade 3 to 5 Km South of NH No. 23 17 AC20 Nasr Road Between Ramsis St. and Fangary St. (ENIT) 18 NW01 Gesr El-Suez St. Between Ring Road and Ain Shams St. 19 NW02 Suez Desert Road Near the intersection with Autostrade 20 NW03 Abo Bakr El-Sedeeq St. Between Tagneed Square and Orooba Road 21 NW04 Kablat Street Between Ismaillia Canal and Mataria Square 22 NW05 Lotfy El-Sayed Near Abbassia Square 23 NW06 Autostrade Road Between Mansheyet Naser and Citadel 24 NW07 Ahmed Helmy St. Between Ramsis Square and Abood Tunnel 25 NW08 Ramsis St. Between Ramsis Square and Ghamra EXPRESSWAY ROUTES EXPRESSWAY 26 NW09 Salah Salem Road Before Magra El-Oyoon Street 27 NW10 Tereat El-Zomor Road South of Haram St. Between 26 July Corridor and Gameat 28 NW11 Sudan St. El-Dowal El-Arabia St. A3-2-4 Table A3.2-2 Description of Willingness-to-Pay Survey Locations for Road Users Type No. Site Site Description Intersection of Abbas El-Aqqaad & 1 Abbas El-Aqqad Gas Station Autostrade 2 Autostrad Gas Station (Esso) In front of Arab Contractors Sporting Club Ismaillia Desert Road Gas 3 After Airport Bridge on Ismaillia Desert Road Station Gas Station Gas Station 4 Dokky Gas Station Near Dokky square 5 Bahr El-Aazam Gas Station Before the intersection with Ring Road Mall 6 In front of City Mall Makram Ebeid Street 7 Opera Garage Opera Square Garages 8 Bostan Garage Tahrir Street 9 Ramsis Microbus Terminal Ramsis Square Abdel-Moniem Reyad Microbus 10 Abdel-Moniem Riyad Square Terminal 11 Giza Microbus Terminal Giza Square Terminal 12 In front of Cairo Railway Station Ramsis Square Different Light Truck (pickup) 13 Nasr City Area Terminals Table A3.2-3 Description of Willingness-to-Pay Survey Locations for Transport Companies Type No. Company Name Type of Transport Service 1 Lebanon for Passenger Transportation Public Passenger Transportation Company Transportation Facilities Industry for 2 Public Passenger Transportation Company Passenger Transportation Passenger SOOT Company for Passenger 3 Public Passenger Transportation Company Transportation 4 EASTMAR Tourist Tourist Transportation Company Tourist Tourist 5 National Travel Service Tourist Transportation Company 6 Nile for Direct Transport Freight Transportation Company 7 Nile for Freight Transportation Freight Transportation Company Freight 8 Alexandria for Furniture Transportation Freight Transportation Company 9 El-Mustafa for Furniture Transportation Freight Transportation Company A3-2-5 (3) Preparation of the Survey Program and Mobilization Plan The survey time schedule of the traffic survey tasks, outlined in section 3.2, is shown in Table A3.2-4. Table A3.2-4 Time Schedule of Traffic Survey Time Span (Weeks) Tasks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7/5/05 14/5/05 21/5/05 28/5/05 4/6/05 11/6/05 Preparation of work plan ▬▬▬ Recruiting of surveyors and ▬▬▬ supervisors Training of surveyors and supervisor ▬▬▬ Arrangement of work plan with police, traffic departments and other ▬▬▬ ▬▬▬ relevant authorities Conducting of field survey ▬▬▬ ▬▬▬ Computer data entry ▬▬▬ ▬▬▬ Checking of data quality ▬▬▬ Data processing, tabulation and ▬▬▬ ▬▬▬ preliminary analysis Preparation of survey report ▬▬▬ ▬▬▬ (4) Preparation of the Survey Forms Different survey forms were designed to accommodate different types of field survey. 1) Survey Form of Manual Classified Count As for the survey form of traffic count, twelve (12) vehicle types were chosen to be counted manually to be in accordance with the same vehicle types counted in CREATS Phase 1 in 2001. This will facilitate the comparison between the traffic volumes of the current survey in 2005 with survey results of 2001. The twelve vehicle types are listed below: • Passenger Car • Taxi (metered taxi and intercity taxi). A3-2-6 • Microbuses (shared taxi) • Public Transport minibus • Public Transport bus • Private Bus (school bus, company bus, tourist bus, etc.) • Light commodity vehicle (pickup and vans) • 2-Axles truck • 3-Axles truck • Heavy truck (more than 3-axle, trailer, semi-trailer). • 2-wheeler (bicycle and motorcycle) • Others (military, police, ambulance, etc.) The English version of manual classified traffic count survey form is shown in Appendix 3.3-1. 2) Willingness-to-Pay Survey Forms The interview survey form (1) of road-user, which is shown in Appendix 3.3-2, was designed to include general information, personal data and trip data as outlined below: • General information such as location code, sample ID, date, time and type of the interviewed vehicle. • Personal information such as gender, age, occupation, car availability, monthly income and the amount of monthly electricity bill.