Studying the Strategies of Traffic Reduction in Tehran

Because the phenomenon of urban residing has grown incredibly and the number of cars has increased in cities, we witness a day to day exponential growth of traffic in the big city of Tehran which has become the main problem of its urban managers. In this paper, the researcher has studied the causes of traffic in Tehran today and has offered solutions to reduce traffic in the world which includes methods of traffic restriction and the idea that permits cars with odd plates to be used on odd days and cars with even plates are allowed to be used on even days with the aim to reduce traffic in Tehran and the management of traffic. The researcher has then studied the current strategies of traffic reduction and its effects with the aim to provide new solutions for it and has also studied the role of IT in traffic control, the education of proper traffic behaviors and traffic regulations.