TRAFFIC RECIRCULATION PLAN OF ROORKEE CITY

Abstract

India’s GDP growth continues to be a bright spot on the global economic canvas year after year and so are the purchasing capabilities and aspirations of its citizens. The increasing vehicle sales and the rate of urbanization in tier II and tier III cities, engulfing of the outskirt villages into the adjoining cities caution that the various transportation and subsequent environmental challenges being studied majorly for tier I cities are not going to be restricted to them. Hence, it is high time that we started looking for ways to tackle the traffic problems of medium and small sized cities. At the same time, India remains ‘a poor country with rich people’. Hence, lack of funds, coupled with other factors, does not permit moving directly on to providing best of the infrastructure to solve these problems. Hence, looking for low cost solutions is what demands recognition now; heading for Transportation System Management is one of the most potent ways out. The study takes up the problems being faced by city of Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Roorkee city, being divided into two halves by Ganga canal flowing across it, experiences two different types of settlement; the older part of city is much unplanned and hence faces the menace of traffic congestion. The study analyses the two basic parameters of traffic flow i.e the physical parameter (volume) and the operational parameter (speed) to draw out the exact causes, locations and variation of congestion in various roads of the selected study area. The study proposes a comparison index to compare the performance of various roads with respect to congestion. It also ensures cooperation from different tiers of administration throughout the study period. It finally suggests low cost TSM Measures and devices a Traffic Circulation Plan to be implemented during peak hours