DEVELOPING OF A PARKING DEMAND MODEL FOR PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN CONGESTED CITIES

Zagazig city is the third congested city in Egypt. More than million daily person trips are moving in Zagazig streets. It is the center of activities of Sharkia governorate in addition to its high number of population which reaches to about 0.6 million capita according to 2018(population density = 3655 capita / km2 of urban area). Also the population of Zagazig city continually to increases with a notable rate (1.7%) causing the need of increasing numbers of facilities including health facility. The traffic volume needing the health facility is often uses private motor regarding to the nature of the patients and their companions . About 6 big public hospitals are located within Zagazig city in addition to about 100 unit of private hospitals, polyclinics and medical centers which attract a huge volume of traffic causing a high demand for parking spaces. Egyptian code defines parking rate of private hospitals. Until now there is no parking rate for public hospitals. This paper aims at analyzing the parking characteristics of public hospitals as well as developing its parking demand model. To achieve these objectives, three main hospitals in Zagazig city were selected for including : (a)- compound Zagazig university hospitals 1, (b)- compound Zagazig university hospitals 2, and (c)- El Ahrar hospital. Parking data were collected and used to model parking demand based on a comprehensive analysis. Through analyzing the results, it can be concluded that parking rates of public hospitals based on either bed or area are noticeably lower than the identical values given by ITE. Also, the rate of parking per bed ranges between 0.292 and 0.421 with an average of 0.333. While the average rate of parking per 100 m2 of total gross floor area is found to be 0.509.