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Traffic Management

This document discusses various traffic management techniques and applications, including transportation system management, travel demand management, traffic management, and bus rapid transit. It describes methods for increasing road efficiency like staggered work hours and carpooling. It also covers traffic control measures like one-way streets and exclusive bus lanes, noting advantages like reduced conflicts but also disadvantages like increased distance traveled.

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Traffic Management

This document discusses various traffic management techniques and applications, including transportation system management, travel demand management, traffic management, and bus rapid transit. It describes methods for increasing road efficiency like staggered work hours and carpooling. It also covers traffic control measures like one-way streets and exclusive bus lanes, noting advantages like reduced conflicts but also disadvantages like increased distance traveled.

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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

TECHNIQUES &
APPLICATIONS

Amit Ranjan Chitranshi


Akash Bhatnagar
MTech(Transportation Engineering)

Transportation System
Management (TSM)
Application of methods & procedures for increasing
the efficiency & utilization of existing facilities.
Emphasis on making better use
resources rather than planning new

of

existing

Objective is to shift the focus from high capital


approaches to low cost, more rapid implementable
projects.

Travel Demand
Management
Volume vs Time and
Peak Hours Capacity
Methods for
Influencing the
Demand
Shifting the temporal
distribution of demands
Reducing the
Magnitude of Demand
Repackaging the
demand

Shifting the Temporal


Distribution
Methods aim at flattening the
volume-time curve at peak hours.
Achieved by
Staggered Working Hours
Flexible Working Hours

Reducing the Magnitude of Demand


Methods aim at reducing the traffic
demand at around a place.
Achieved by:
Shorter working weeks
Shorter Average trip length by shifting
city centres to smaller cities &
decentralized locations
Work from home facility

Repackaging the Demand


Methods stress on the mode of
transport to influence the demand.
Achieved by:
Better facility of public transport
Encouraging/compulsory car pooling
Parking Restraint
Priority for buses

Traffic Management
Retaining the existing pattern of
streets but altering the pattern of
traffic movement on these.
Reorienting traffic pattern on the
existing streets so that the conflicts
between vehicles and pedestrians is
reduces.

Traffic Management
Measures
Restriction on turning movements
Separate turning phase in signals
Prohibition on turning movement

One way Streets


Tidal Flow Operations
Exclusive Bus Lanes

Advantage of One Way


Streets
Reduction in points
of conflicts
Increased capacity
Increased speed
Progressive Signals
Improved Parking
Elimination of head
on collision

Disadvantage of One Way


Streets
Increased distance
Relocation of bus stops
Increased severity of
accidents due to speed
Adverse effect on
business of area
Prerequisite need of
alternate street system
Bottleneck to
emergency vehicles

Bus Rapid Transit

Tidal Flow Operation

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