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Chapter 3
Traffic Management & Control
3.1 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
What you will be
• Definitions & Objectives
learning from this
• Reasons for Traffic Management chapter …
• Problems due to lack of Traffic Management
• Traffic Management Techniques
3.2 PARKING
• Parking Impacts, Policies & Types
• Parking Studies
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Traffic Congestion
Road Accidents
Disruption of Public Transportation
Adverse effects on Environment
Safety Risk for Pedestrians and Cyclists
Increased Travel Cost
Using up of Funds and Land
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Neckdowns
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ONE-WAY STREET
Advantages:
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Pedestrian Guardrails
Sidewalk separation using
planting strip
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CYCLIST SEGREGATION
Bicycle Lanes
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Bus Lanes
Guided
Bus Lane
(Busway)
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BUS PRIORITY
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TRAFFIC RESTRAINT
Types of traffic restraint measures:
(1) DO NOTHING
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TRAFFIC RESTRAINT
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TRAFFIC CALMING
Traffic calming involves changes in street alignment, installation of
barriers, and other physical measures to reduce traffic speeds
and/or cut-through volumes, in the interest of street safety,
livability, and other public purposes.
Speed Bump
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TRAFFIC CALMING
(1) VERTICAL DEFLECTIONS Raised Crosswalk
Raised Intersection
Textured pavement
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TRAFFIC CALMING
(2) HORIZONTAL DEFLECTIONS
Traffic circle
Chicane
Roundabout
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Neckdown
Choker
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1. Speed harmonisation
2. Queue warning
3. Ramp metering
4. Dynamic message sign
5. Temporary shoulder use
6. Automated speed enforcement
7. Dynamic re-routing and traveler information
8. Dynamic lane marking
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9. Travel time signs
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BFC32302 Traffic Engineering and Safety Lecturer: Dr. Basil David Daniel
Uses intelligent
solar-powered or hardwired
road studs with built-in LED
which provide support to
active management
strategies.
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Travel time signs provide estimated travel time and other condition
reports and communicate travel and traffic conditions.
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Application in Malaysia:
INTEGRATED TRANSPORT INFORMATION SYSTEM (ITIS)
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