SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, NEW DELHI

REPORT ON TRAFFIC & TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS IN MEHSANA

M.Plan

1st Semester

2013-14

Submitted byShashank Garg Section c

INTRODUCTION

This Report is made on the basis of survey done on Mehsana by the students of SPA in the year 2013. I did the traffic volume count in Mid block-2 called the Apna Bazar area, household survey in the ward-12, & origin destination survey at the Himmat nagar highway & Gandhi nagar highway near Rampur chowk.

TRAFFIC FLOW CHARACTERISTICS

Traffic flow is the study of interactions between vehicles, drivers, and infrastructure, with the aim of understanding and developing an optimal road network with efficient movement of traffic & minimal traffic congestion problems.
ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC FLOW IN MID BLOCK 2 The road of mid block 2 is a 4 lane 18mt wide. Inflow traffic- Modera chowk to Apna Bazar Outflow traffic- Apna Bazar to Modera chowk
Apna Bazar To Modera Chowk
LCV MAV 6% 2%

Modera Chowk To Apna Bazar

Truck LCV MAV Cycles 2% 1% 2% 4% Mini Bus Bus 0% 0% Animal Hand Cart Cart 5% 0% Car Jeep/Van 33%

Mini Bus 1% Bus 5%

Truck 16%

Car, Jeep/Van 36%

Auto 14%

Auto 8% 2-Whlr. 26% 2-Whlr. 39%

Hourly Traffic Volume

0800 - 0845 - 0930 - 1015 - 1100 - 1145 - 1430 - 1515 - 1600 - 1645 - 1730 -

Maximum inflow of car & jeep

0800 0900 1000 1100 1400 1500 1600 1700

Maximum inflow of car & jeep

250 200 150 100 50 0

Hourly Traffic Volume

600 400 200 0

Total Volume

TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS
% of volume % of Over % share of Peak Peak Hour all Hour (morning) share (Morning) Fast Moving Vehicles Slow Moving vechiles Passenger vehicles Goods vehicles Private Public
97% 97.5% 98% % share of

% of volume % of Over Peak Hour all share (Evening) Fast Moving Vehicles Slow Moving vechiles Passenger vehicles Goods vehicles Private Public
98% 98%

% share of

% share of Peak Hour (Evening) 98%

3%

2.5%

2%

2%

2%

2%

91% 9%

89% 11%

94% 6%

95% 5%

93% 7%

96% 4%

84% 16%

83% 17%

88% 12%

88% 12%

91% 9%

94% 6%

Inflow Traffic Sl No Cordon Point No of vehicles MD-2 Apna bazar road 3943 PCU 3744.50

Outflow Traffic No of vehicles 3680 PCU 3572

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OBSERVATIONS & INFERENCES The hours of maximum traffic inflow & outflow corresponds with that of the business as well as office hours hence it can be said that this road is majorly used for work purposes. The inflow of two wheelers is 13% more than the outflow whereas inflow of car/jeep is % less than the outflow. Hence it can be said that this road is mostly used by people having two wheelers for moving towards bazar and 4wheelers for coming inside the city. During the peak hours there is maximum inflow & outflow of volume share of private & fast moving vehicles. The outflow of traffic is less than the inflow in this road. Goods vehicles has only 5% to 6% volume share as compared to the private vehicles being about 90%, hence it can be said that this road is majorly used for work purposes. Very high number of public transport movement can be observed on this road. But with the increasing trend of trade and commercial activities observed in the city this road can see increased traffic inflow as well as outflow which would demand for wider road in the future.

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HOUSEHOLD TRIP CHARACTERISTICS Travel characteristic is the study of various trip typologies which would enable us to understand the pattern of movement & hence help in further future developments. It includes study of trip typologies followed by the study of characteristics of these typologies which includes mode of travel & time of travel with some other added attributes like income, sex occupation, household status, driving status & vehicle ownership. All these leading to understanding the character of movement of people. I have don this analysis based on the survey done in the ward 12.
TRIPS BY MODE MODE PERCENTAGE WALK 29% CYCLE 5% CYCLE RICKSHAW 1% 2W 43% CAR 11% BUS 3% AUTO 5% OTHERS 3%

TRIPS BY PURPOSE
WORK EDUCATION BUSINESS

17% 49% 12% 10% 8% 1%

S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

SHOPPING RECREATION OTHERS RETURN HOME

3%
TRIPS BY PURPOSE PURPOSE NOS. 13 9 8 2 6 1 37 PERCENTA GE 17% 12% 10% 3% 8% 1% 49%

S.NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

NOS. 22 4 1 33 8 2 4 2

WORK EDUCATION BUSINESS SHOPPING RECREATION OTHERS RETURN HOME

TRIPS BY PURPOSE
40 30 20 10 0

TRIPS BY MODE
WALK

3% 11%

5% 3%

CYCLE CYCLE RICKSHAW 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

TRIP BY MODE

29%

2W CAR

5% 43% 1%

BUS AUTO OTHERS

VEHICLE OWNERSHIP ANALYSIS

VEHICLE OWNERSHIP
S.NO 1 2 3 VEHICLE CAR 2W CYCLE PERCENTAGE 18% 73% 9% NOS. 8 33 4

VEHICLE OWNERSHIP

9%

18%

CAR 2W CYCLE

73%
40 30 20 10 0 CAR 2W CYCLE

2 Wheelers take major part of total ownerships. About 73 % this observation also shows that motorized movement of traffi is more than nonmotorized traffic.

TRIP LENGTH BY PURPOSE

TRIP LENGTH BY PURPOSE S.NO 1 2 3 4 5
30 25 20 15 10 5 0

TRIP LENGTH (KM) 0-2 KM 2-5 KM 5-10 KM 10-15 KM > 15 KM

WORK 7.9% 5% 3% 0.0% 1.3%

EDUCATIO RECREATIO BUSINESS SHOPPING OTHERS N N 7.9% 1.3% 3% 0.0% 0.0% 6.6% 4.0% 0% 0% 0.0% 2.6% 0% 0% 0% 0.0% 6.6% 1% 0% 0% 0.0% 37% 8% 3% 0% 3%

0-2 KM 2-5 KM 5-10 KM 10-15 KM > 15KM

. ANALYSIS OF TRAVEL BY CHARACTER In this ward Maximum number of trips made are are home based non work trips
HOME BASED NON WORK 85% NON HOME HOME BASED WORK BASED WORK 13% 2%

TIME OF TRAVEL Maximum time of travel being 1530min Followed by 10-15 min of travel this shows that the major activity areas are not relatively close.

TRIPS BY CHARACTER
>30 MINS 10%

<5 MINS 20%

16-30 MINS 38%

6-15 MINS 32%

TRIPS BY TIME OF TRAVEL

OBSERVATIONS Distribution of trips by purpose indicates that home based trips accounts for 49% followed by work 27% and education 12%. Analysis of trips by mode of travel indicates that majority of trips are by two wheelers. Analysis of vehicle ownership indicates that 2W is in maximum quantity 73%. Distribution of trips by purpose and trip length indicates that majority trips are for work within a distance of 0-2 Kms. Distribution of trips by mode my purpose indicates that maximum trips are for work and by 2W .