A Traffic Volume Study Between Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue & Bangla Motor in Dhaka City.

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 the 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 city of Dhaka 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 kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue to Bangla Motor in Dhaka city. 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.