Civic Centre Junction Re-Designing

Abstract

Traffic congestion is one of the major factors that causes various problems to the road users, these problems are commonly faced by developing countries around the world like India. Traffic Jam is a growing problem in cities, mainly at junctions during peak hours which causes major issues to the emergency services by delaying their service time and increases fuel consumption. Present study mainly focuses on the assessment of traffic jam at the Civic Centre junction, Nalasopara West, Mumbai, Maharashtra as the study area. The performance of the junctions will be analysed by using PTV VISSIM as a tool for further understanding of the junction. Along with the problems that are caused due to the local conditions will be analysed by site visits & trying to understand other issues that are existing (Pedestrian behaviour, Driving behaviour, Parking lots etc). All these design parameters will be used in PTV VISSIM to analysis the junction. A new design of the Civic Centre junction will be proposed considering all these parameters for a better free flow movement of traffic, minimizing traffic congestion, and increasing the safety of the road users to a better extend.