Shaping Smart City transportation with Traffic Congestion Solutions: Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Abstract

Transportation and connectivity are of the most domineering aspects of developing cities and is necessary for ensuring the growth of urban areas. The perplexing, perpetual and complex concerns in present cosmopolis are sluggish traffic movement and jamming. In India, due to rapid increase in population along with urbanization and improved living condition, the vehicular population have increased massively. Traffic congestions has become a major problem at intersections. The main objective of this project is to analyse traffic problems at a suitable intersection and suggesting an alternate solution. In this study, we have taken two main intersections, one at Kalinga Hospital Square junction and another at Damana Square junction. After analysing and comparing peak values of two intersections, junction with highest peak value is of first choice. According to IRC: SP: 90-2010, manual for grade separators and elevated structures the maximum volume a rotary can handle is specified as 5000pcu/hr and an elevated structure could be provided beyond this limit. A simple grade separator, that is, a flyover provided at this intersection to segregate the high volume of traffic. With the flyover at the intersection, major proportion of the traffic volume is side tracked to the fly over bridges, and abridges the delay of vehicles. Thus, the same volume of traffic bifurcate to move at two different levels and leaves no chance for any accident. On implementation of the project, along with smart traffic and the intelligent transportation system, the present and future demands of the traffic flow along the route will be satisfied without any distraction in traffic management.

A Traffic Volume Study for Efficient Roundabout Planning

“…The code does not address the guidelines for the design of "small roundabouts". Deepak et al [3] suggest that the roundabouts encourage a continuous, circular flow of traffic. Shruti et al [4] studies that not all traffic problems can be resolved by roundabouts in all places.…”