نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
استادیار گروه تاریخ،دانشکده علوم اجتماعی،دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی، اردبیل، ایران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
Background and Objective: The primary objective of this research is to analyze the structural and systematic causes of the traffic crisis in Tehran during the final decade of the Pahlavi dynasty (1968-1979). This study seeks to examine the challenges arising from accelerated urban growth and to analyze the strategies and policies adopted by the government to confront this growing problem.
Methodology: This research is based on a historical research method. To achieve its objectives, a wide range of primary sources—including archival documents, official government reports, and statistics from the period—has been meticulously cited and examined, along with a content analysis of contemporary press sources.
Findings: The research findings indicate that Tehran's traffic crisis was the product of a complex vicious cycle stemming from policies of extreme centralism, the absence of a comprehensive and integrated approach to urban management, severe bureaucratic discoordination among responsible agencies, and structural market resistance (such as the focus on car importation and assembly). The explosive growth in population and the uncontrolled increase in the number of private vehicles, coupled with insufficient public transportation infrastructure and road networks, brought this crisis to its peak. Despite government efforts to contain the crisis through measures such as formulating comprehensive traffic plans, enacting new laws, implementing traffic restriction schemes (like the odd-even plate system), and programs for vehicle reform and modernization, these policies ultimately failed.
Conclusion: The results show that these measures, due to a lack of necessary infrastructure, inter-agency discoordination, and a lack of deep consideration for the socio-economic and cultural dimensions of the citizenry, could not resolve the crisis at its roots. Ultimately, they became a telling symbol of policy inefficiency and the unintended consequences of development during that era.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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