Signal and Rotary Intersection at Haliyal CBD Area

Abstract

Traffic congestion has been one of the major issues in the rapidly growing towns in spite of measures being taken to mitigate and reduce it. In the recent past, traffic congestion has emerged as one of the main challenge for engineers and planners. There is no single, broadly accepted definition of traffic congestion. Traffic congestion can generally be defined as excess of demand for road travel. Many professionals and organizations have defined congestion in different ways based on variety of criteria. Due to the lack of an unified definition for the measurement of congestion, several metrics are in use. These include speed, travel time, delay, volume and level of service etc. The main focus of this study is aimed at understanding the recurring town congestion, its measurement and mitigation. Shivaji circle and Vanashri circle in Haliyal Town Uttara Kannada District, is chosen for the study. In this study we are going to do the traffic volume survey by manual methods and also the necessary calculations required for this study Through this study we are going to assess whether the Rotary intersection present there is sufficient or not for the present traffic volume.