Karaoglanoglu (Karaoğlanoğlu) coastal strip functions differently after 19:00. During daylight hours, it behaves as a connector between Kyrenia and Alsancak. In the evening, it becomes a dining corridor layered directly onto a transit axis.

The exposure forms between 19:00 and 21:00.

At this hour, three parallel behaviours activate:

• Vehicles searching for restaurant parking
• Vehicles stopping briefly at curb level for passenger drop-off
• Through traffic maintaining corridor pace

The road geometry does not change. The usage does.

Many restaurants along the seafront operate with limited off-street parking. Short-term curb stops become routine. Drivers slow abruptly when they identify a familiar venue. Indicators are used, but deceleration often begins before full lane repositioning is completed.

The compression begins not with the stop itself, but with the hesitation before it.

A common local scenario unfolds near one of the mid-strip restaurant clusters. A westbound vehicle identifies an available curb space. The driver reduces speed gradually, scanning mirrors, then slows more sharply when a pedestrian appears near the edge of the carriageway. The following vehicle anticipates continued forward motion and adjusts later than ideal.

Behind them, a third vehicle begins to move slightly toward the center line to bypass the slowing car. At that moment, eastbound traffic approaches. The maneuver is aborted. Brake pressure increases in sequence.

No collision is necessary. The rhythm destabilizes.

Lighting conditions reinforce the exposure. After sunset, artificial lighting from restaurant fronts creates uneven brightness across the roadway. Illuminated facades contrast with darker carriageway sections. Drivers emerging from brighter restaurant zones require brief visual adaptation when returning to darker lane segments.

Pedestrian flow adds another layer. Guests exiting restaurants often cross between parked vehicles rather than walking to formal crossing points. Movement is short, casual and frequent. Drivers scanning for parking gaps divide attention between curb and carriageway.

Seasonal variation modifies intensity. In summer, the pattern is continuous across most evenings. In winter, the window narrows to weekends and specific peak hours. However, even reduced density preserves the structural condition: transit road hosting destination behaviour.

Historically, before the concentration of hospitality venues expanded along Karaoglanoglu coastal strip in the late twentieth century, curb-side stopping was minimal. The corridor maintained a steady-flow identity. As restaurant density increased, behavioural friction points multiplied without significant redesign of lane structure.

The exposure is not rooted in reckless speed. It stems from micro-decisions made within seconds: searching, slowing, signaling, scanning, aborting.

Between 19:00 and 21:00, when dining activity overlays steady corridor movement, short curb-side stops generate repeatable compression waves along Karaoglanoglu coastal strip.

As long as dining demand coexists directly with uninterrupted through traffic, evening curb-side stop compression will remain part of the corridor’s predictable rhythm.