Abstract:
In recent years the ownership of private vehicles has increased many folds, which is
causing difficulty in management of Traffic. Traffic management is the focus area for
most urban dwellers and planners. Some of the main concerns for traffic management
of big cities is traffic congestion and avoidance which mainly occurs near & at
working zone, as these issues cause huge damages on both personal and
environmental level. In India Traffic Management is rarely conducted during
construction. It should be done to reduce numerous problems related to traffic and
safety at working site. There are various methods available for traffic management
such as video data analysis, infrared sensors, inductive loop detection, wireless sensor
network, etc. All these methods are effective methods of smart traffic management.
For that study of traffic volume, topography, accident study, time delay study & the
study of safety provided at working area is mandatory to do. Implementation of metro
rail projects paves way to the construction activities and in this process long term
construction work zones are inevitable. Long term work zones on urban roads lead to
many problems such as reduction in capacity , increase the travel time delays, queue
length, fuel consumption, number of forced merges, and roadway accidents which
lead to unaccounted economic losses. So it becomes necessary to study and quantify
the impact of mass rapid transit system construction work zones on traffic
environment which will further help in estimating the economic loss due to metro rail
construction work zone. Through Route Diversion at the stretch of work zone with
considering all the factors and its methodology, safety of human and environment van
be achieved which enhance the level of comfort and convenience of road users. To
achieve the objective of the topic very less fund is required as it require only the
analytical studies and some traffic diversion sign boards which direct the road users to
their alternate path to reach at destination.
