Research Paper on Performance Evaluation & Ca...

Research Paper on Performance Evaluation & Capacity Estimation for Selected Undisciplined Intersections in Gurgaon City

Author Name : Neelam, Mr. Nirmal Dhir

ABSTRACT: In India carry different types of vehicles like high speed automobiles, low speed cycles, cycle rickshaws and animal drawn carts. This will lead to complex interaction between the vehicles and study of such traffic behaviour needs special attention. This will result in increased interactions between vehicles; then they tend to move in clusters rather than one after the other. Traffic consists on Indian roads of bi-directional freedom traffic such as two or three wheeled vehicles and uni-directional vehicles such as four wheelers while the above tends to overtake or turning or crossing or turn right even if a small gap is available. Hence, to determine the intersection capacity traffic engineer requires a clear understanding of gaps being accepted or rejected by various modes of traffic. Besides, in these mixed traffic conditions, users do not usually follow lane discipline and can occupy any lateral position on the road. To prevent traffic accidents, conflicting traffic streams are separated either in space or in time. Due to the increasing population of India, there is a growth in transportation demand, which results in increase in vehicular movement and hence increase in vehicular volume on roads. This increase in vehicular volume affects the level of service (Q, K & V) and safety of road especially at critical locations like intersection of two roads where vehicles moving in different directions compete for the use of same space.