| dc.description.abstract | From the definition of transportation planning we find that "Transportation planning is the field
involved with transportation facilities (generally streets, highways, sidewalks, bike lanes and
public transport lines)." Under this field traffic volume survey plays a vital role to determine the
existing condition and to forecast the future condition of traffic volume. Traffic volume studies
are conducted to determine the number, movements, and classifications of roadway vehicles at a
given location. These data can help identify critical flow time periods, determine the influence of
large vehicles or pedestrians on vehicular traffic flow, or document traffic volume trends. It also
creates scopes for Flow fluctuation on different approaches at a junction, Proportions of vehicles
in traffic stream, Effectiveness of a traffic control measure, Planning traffic operation and control
of existing facility, Designing intersection, signal timings, channelization, Structural design of
pavements, geometric design and road way capacity.
The current work studies traffic characteristics in the District of Jashore at one selected priority
junction. In this work emphasis was given on traffic volume and the analysis was carried out
through primary traffic flow surveys at Palbari to New market Bus Stand in Jashore District.
Traffic flow is studied by manual methods.
With the help of the data collection, an attempt had been made to understand the traffic patterns
during different time periods. Traffic control at that junction is also dependent on the traffic flow
characteristics. Hence the results from the present study are helpful in controlling the traffic at
the intersection and also in suggesting some of the remedial measures to improve the traffic
safety in the region. Remedial measures such as widening the road or by providing more public
transport can be recommended based on the outcomes of the work. | en_US |
