The Role of GIS in Traffic Crisis and Accidents Management

Today, inter-city transportation issues such as increased material and mental damages caused by accidents, traffic monitoring and management problems, increased time wasted and the rapid growth of demand for transportation and energy resources in particular, are increasing and becoming become a serious problem. This research is based on the question: Can geographical information systems in BRT lines and crisis management practices be used to reduce these incidents? This research is a descriptive survey and applied in terms of purpose; the study population was experts and managers of Tehran Crisis Management Organization and Tehran and Suburb Bus Operating Company in the period of2016-2017, where 270 people were chosen and sample size is 160 using the Morgan table. The research tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the use of GIS and the use of disaster management in disaster reduction. Failure to do so due to deficiencies in the transportation system still equals the number of investment and return on investment in this sector, and one should also provide private sector investment by increasing the disaster management infrastructure, in addition to reducing disasters.