TRAFFIC VOLUME STUDY OF PUTALISADAK INTERSECTION

Presented by: 069/MST/261-270

INTERSECTION LAYOUT

GENERAL INFORMATION
Cross Intersection in Four Legs:

Baghbazaar
Singhdurbar

Dillibazaar
Kamalpokhari

Two major legs and two minor legs Signalized Intersection but currently the traffic

signals are not functioning. So, Traffic Police Controlled Intersection (Manually Controlled)

GENERAL INFORMATION
Zebra Crossing for Pedestrians
Public Vehicle Stops very near to the intersection.

(These often interrupt the traffic flow from the intersection during peak hours)

TRANSPORTATION UNIT
A Transport Unit (TU) is the impact that a mode of

transport has on traffic variables (such as headway,

speed, density) compared to a single car.
Amount of road space they occupy The loads they impose on road structure But in traffic engineering, we are mainly interested in

the equivalent congestion they create on the

roadway.

Transport unit from NRS 2045

Transport unit
NRS doesnt specify TU for Motor-bikes Tempo For our convenience, we have classified vehicles into 7 groups and the following units were assigned: Cycles 0.5 Motor-bikes 0.5 Tempo 1 Car/ Jeep/Van 1 Micro/Mini Bus 3 Bus/ Truck 3 Others: School bus, Ambulance 3

Masters in Transportation Engineering - 2069 Traffic - Volume Count Location: Putalisadak Intersection 1. From Dillibazaar Leg Direction Time Interval Cycle 0.5 TU
4:15 - 4:30 PM ar a z 4:30 - 4:45 PM ba gh a 4:45 - 5:00 PM -B ar a z 5:00 - 5:15 PM liba Dil Total =>
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Date: Dec 12, 2012 (Wed) Group: Second Bike 15 11 5 20 51 7 8 5 7 27 4 4 8 6 22 0.5 TU 118 122 165 111 516 114 127 169 126 536 73 97 113 79 362 Car/Taxi/Van/ Tempo Micro/Mini Bus/Truck Pick-ups 1 TU 1 TU 3 TU 3 TU 19 1 6 11 27 1 9 8 33 0 7 9 27 0 4 5 106 2 26 33 34 5 12 42 3 19 56 2 22 1 43 3 7 2 175 13 60 3 28 19 4 38 21 2 33 19 3 20 12 119 71 0 9 Others 3 TU 0 1 2 0 3 137.5 148.5 172 119.5 577.5 135.5 169.5 217 139.5 661.5 97.5 118.5 121.5 80.5 418 Total TU

4:15 - 4:30 PM 4:30 - 4:45 PM 4:45 - 5:00 PM 5:00 - 5:15 PM Total =>

ar aza b i l il

lp ma Ka

1 1 1 2 3

li Dil

4:15 - 4:30 PM ar b r 4:30 - 4:45 PM u hd ing 4:45 - 5:00 PM S raa z 5:00 - 5:15 PM ba Total =>

Masters in Transportation Engineering - 2069 Traffic - Volume Count Location: Putalisadak Intersection 2. From Baghbazaar Leg Direction Time Interval Cycle 0.5 TU
4:15 - 4:30 PM ri a h 4:30 - 4:45 PM ok alp am 4:45 - 5:00 PM K ar a z 5:00 - 5:15 PM ba gh Ba Total =>

Date: Dec 12, 2012 (Wed) Group: Second Bike 24 13 14 20 71 0.5 TU 111 102 110 164 487 Car/Taxi/Van/ Tempo Micro/Mini Bus/Truck Pick-ups 1 TU 1 TU 3 TU 3 TU 19 26 19 26 90 0 0 0 Others 3 TU 86.5 83.5 84 118 372 Total TU

1 1

3. From Kamalpokhari Leg Direction Time Interval Cycle 0.5 TU

4:15 - 4:30 PM ar b r 4:30 - 4:45 PM du gh Si n 4:45 - 5:00 PM ari kh o 5:00 - 5:15 PM lp ma Ka Total =>

Bike 6 13 10 10 39 0.5 TU 281 292 259 243 1075

Car/Taxi/Van/ Tempo Micro/Mini Bus/Truck Pick-ups 1 TU 1 TU 3 TU 3 TU 107 1 15 86 1 7 95 3 10 67 3 7 355 8 0 39

Others 3 TU

Total TU 296.5 260.5 262.5 217.5 1037

Masters in Transportation Engineering - 2069 Traffic - Volume Count Location: Putalisadak Intersection 4. From Singhdurbar Leg Direction Time Interval Cycle 0.5 TU
4:15 - 4:30 PM r a 4:30 - 4:45 PM aza hb ag B 4:45 - 5:00 PM ar urb d 5:00 - 5:15 PM gh Si n Total =>
ri ha 4:30 - 4:45 PM ok p l a am 4:45 - 5:00 PM -K

Date: Dec 12, 2012 (Wed) Group: Second Bike 0.5 TU 6 4 10 4 24 0 9 24 21 54 70 51 72 69 262 330 381 366 419 1496 Car/Taxi/Van/ Tempo Micro/Mini Bus/Truck Pick-ups 1 TU 1 TU 3 TU 3 TU 10 1 6 13 4 14 7 15 8 52 0 1 25 143 12 16 107 3 19 118 7 22 126 3 17 494 0 25 74 Others 3 TU 69 52.5 76 75.5 273 392 368 400 406 1566 Total TU

4:15 - 4:30 PM

r b ra du h g Si n

5:00 - 5:15 PM Total =>

Time Duration: 4:15 - 4:30 PM

400 350
300

No. of Vehicles

250 200 150

100

50 0
Cycle Dillibazaar - Baghbazaar
Dillibazaar - Kamalpokhari

Bike 118 114

73

Car/Taxi/Van /Pick-ups 19 34
28

Tempo 1 5
19 1

Micro/ Mini 6 12

Bus/Truck 11
4 15

Total TU 138 136

98

15 7
4

Dillibazaar - Singhdurbar
Baghbazaar - Kamalpokhari

24
6

111
281

19
107

87
297

Kamalpokhari - Singhdurbar
Singhdurbar - Baghbazaar

6
0

70
330

10
143

1
12

6
16

69
392

Singhdubrar - Kamalpokhari

Time Duration: 4:30 - 4:45 PM

400

350

300

No. of Vehicles

250

200

150

100

50

0 Cycle Dillibazaar - Baghbazaar Dillibazaar - Kamalpokhari Dillibazaar - Singhdurbar Baghbazaar - Kamalpokhari Kamalpokhari - Singhdurbar Singhdurbar - Baghbazaar
Singhdubrar - Kamalpokhari 11

Bike
122

Car/Taxi/Van /Pick-ups
27

Tempo
1

Micro/Mini
9

Bus/Truck
8

Others
1

Total TU
149

8 4 13 13 4
9

127 97 102 292 51

381

42 38 26 86 13
107

3 21 1

19 2 7 4
3 19

170 1 119 84 261 53

368

Time Duration: 4:45 - 5:00 PM

400

350

300

250
No. of Vehicles

200

150

100

50

0 Cycle
Dillibazaar - Baghbazaar Dillibazaar - Kamalpokhari Dillibazaar - Singhdurbar Baghbazaar - Kamalpokhari

Bike 165
169 113 110

Car/Taxi/Van /Pick-ups 33
56 33 19

Tempo 0
2 19

Micro/Mini 7
22

Bus/Truck 9
1 3

Others 2
1 1

Total TU 172
217 122 84

5
5 8 14

Kamalpokhari - Singhdurbar Singhdurbar - Baghbazaar Singhdubrar - Kamalpokhari

10 10 24

259 72 366

95 14 118

3 7

10 7 22

263 76 400

Time Duration: 5:00 - 5:15 PM

450 400

350

300
No. of Vehicles

250

200

150

100

50

0
Cycle Bike

Car/Taxi/Van /Pick-ups 27 43
20 26 67 15

Tempo

Micro/Mini

Bus/Truck

Others

Total TU

Dillibazaar - Baghbazaar Dillibazaar - Kamalpokhari

Dillibazaar - Singhdurbar Baghbazaar - Kamalpokhari Kamalpokhari - Singhdurbar

20 7
6 20 10 4

111 126
79 164 243 69

0 3
12 3

4 7

5 2

0
2

120 140
81 118 218 76

7 8

Singhdurbar - Baghbazaar Singhdubrar - Kamalpokhari

21

419

126

17

406

Hourly Volume: 4:15 - 5:15 PM

1600
1400

1200 1000
No. of Vehicles

800
600

400 200
0

Cycle
Dillibazaar - Baghbazaar 51

Bike
516

Car/Taxi/Van /Pick-ups 106

Tempo
2

Micro/Mini
26

Bus/Truck
33

Others
3

Total TU
578

Dillibazaar - Kamalpokhari Dillibazaar - Singhdurbar

Baghbazaar - Kamalpokhari Kamalpokhari - Singhdurbar

27 22 71
39

536 362 487

1075

175 119 90
355

13 71 0
8

60 0 0
0

3 9 0
39

1 3 1
0

662 418 372

1037

Singhdurbar - Baghbazaar Singhdubrar - Kamalpokhari

24 54

262 1496

52 494

0 0

1 25

25 74

0 0

273 1566

Masters in Transportation Engineering - 2069 Traffic - Volume Count Total Hourly Volume departing the Intersection Location: Putalisadak Intersection Direction Total Total No. of Vehicles Total TU of Vehicles Cycle 288 Bike 4734 Car/Taxi/Van /Pick-ups 1391 6810 4905 Tempo 94 Date: Dec 12, 2012 (Wed) Group: Second Micro/Mini Bus/Truck 112 183 Others 8

1037

372

418 578 662

273

1566

MAXIMUM QUEUE LENGTHS

80 m

No Queue Formation

35 m

75 m

Some Photographs taken during Survey

Queue in Kamalpokhari Leg

Some Photographs taken during Survey

Queue in Dillibazaar Leg

Some Photographs taken during Survey

Queue in Singhdurbar Leg

Some Photographs taken during Survey

Vehicles crossing the Intersection

Some Photographs taken during Survey

Pedestrians crossing the road in Singhdurbar Leg

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The capacity of Putalisadak intersection seems to be

insufficient during the peak hour: the formation of queue at different legs verify this statement
The pedestrian flow is quite high which often disturb

the vehicular flow significantly. So, pedestrian crossing flyovers is necessary to construct in order to facilitate proper vehicular flow
Existence of public vehicle stops very near to the

intersection often create hindrances to uniform traffic movement

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Though the data is insufficient, it may be extended

for the use of signal timing design.

We can also find out the capacity of the intersection

and hence evaluate the adequacy of the intersection.

We can analyze this result to recommend better

measures for smooth vehicular flow

Thank

You!