Level of Service of Roads in Vijayawada
M. Manoj Kumar1, S. Hari Prasanna Rao2, B. Lalithya3, P. Sai Bhargavi4, A. Pavan kumar5
1M. Manoj Kumar, Asst Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, A.P, India.
2S. Hari Prasanna Rao, Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, A.P, India.
3B. Lalithya, Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, A.P, India.
4P. Sai Bhargavi, Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, A.P, India.
5A. Pavan Kumar, Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, A.P, India.
Manuscript received on 12 March 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 17 March 2019 | Manuscript published on 30 July 2019 | PP: 1373-1378 | Volume-8 Issue-2, July 2019 | Retrieval Number: B2027078219/19©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B2027.078219
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Abstract: One of the most challenging problems in city management in a developing city like Vijayawada is Traffic Congestion. Being a part of the proposed capital city of Andhra Pradesh Amaravati, the vehicular population in Vijayawada as recorded the tremendous growth. With increase of Vehicular population (2015) as 3.32% of Transport vehicles and 7.97% of Non-Transport vehicles (as of data.gov.in) it has now became an alarming issue to develop the demand based transportation infrastructure. The traffic congestion not only disrupts the business activities but also reduces productivity level of the city. The traffic congestion, effect the increase in possibility of accidents because of weak traffic management in the city. So it is now very essential to give the solution to ill effects of traffic congestion in Vijayawada. This paper describes the traffic congestion problem for the busiest roads of the Vijayawada city i.e.., Eluru and Bandar road. The traffic congestion of these roads is determined by the level of service of the arterial roads (LOS) through Average speed, Traffic volume and Traffic Capacity. Also the topological features of the city and solution to the problems triggering traffic congestion are suggested.
Keywords: Traffic Congestion, Level of Service, Peak hour Factor, Solution of Traffic Congestion, Infrastructure.
Scope of the Article: Service Level Agreements (Drafting, Negotiation, Monitoring and Management)