STUDY OF ROAD NETWORK AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. OF MEERUT : A REVIEW OF SCENARIO

Abstract

Urban Transport is one of the most important components of urban infrastructure. A good network of roads and an efficient Mass Urban Transport System make a substantial contribution to the "working efficiency" of a large city. A poor urban transport system may slow down economic growth of the city and also lead to its decay. Meerut is one of the metropolitan cities and a priority town of NCR region. If we see the present scenario, lots of construction activities are taking place. Due to this expansion and the modernization of the city, the pressure on the road is increasing. As a result, the Meerut city is getting congested day by day. This problem is more in the radial arterial roads. Basically this is due to Poor quality of roads network in terms of surface type, encroachment, significant proportion of slow-moving traffic and absence of pedestrian paths. The study was done for the radial arterial roads of Meerut city. Analysis of field data has been used as an approach to solve the problem. Major variables are the traffic characteristics, users' preferences, landuse pattern, population growth, and increasing urbanization. Traffic forecast has been done for the year 2021. Based on the standard parameters, the radial arterial roads of the Meerut have been analyzed. The secondary analysis conducted of changes and trends over the last two decades. The analysis reveals that rapid population growth plays an important role in the field of infrastructure planning. The study also says that the problem occur mainly due to the mixed kind of traffic and no special provision for them. There is an urgent need of _Study of Road �â� �¢ [OA rk and �â� � raffle Conditions of Meerut : a review of present scenario 4 Abstract transportation plan as no transportation plan is acting at present. Non development of proposed ring road is another cause of entering the unwanted vehicles in to city. The analysis suggests that proper utilization of road width can solve the problem to some extant but not completely. On street parking is another cause of congestion the city centre, as there are lot of commercial activities are taking place, so there is as urgent need of creating parking places with in the city limits. Study also suggests that improvement of junctions, flyover over the railway live and road crossings, subways and footpaths are having the first preference in the queue of priorities.