CE 452
Transportation Engineering Sessional II
A Report on Traffic Volume Study
Submitted To
Minhajul Islam Khan
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology
&
Sadia Mohsin
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Spring 2019
Group – 01 (B2)
Year : 4th
Semester : 2nd
Section : B(2)
Group : 01
Submitted By
Student Name Student ID
Al Shariar 15.02.03.096
S. M. Sezwan Hossain 15.02.03.098
Tasjid Rahman 15.02.03.099
Miad Talukder 15.02.03.100
Md. Mehedi Hasan Mahi 15.02.03.101
Contents
Page No
Abstract i
Acknowledgement ii
Content iii - v
Chapter – 1 Introduction 1-2
1.1 Objective 2
1.2 Outline of Report 2
1.3 Scope of Traffic Volume Studies 3
1.3.a. Designing Purpose 3
1.3.b. Improvement Purpose 4
1.3.c. Planning Purpose 4
1.3.d. Dynamic Traffic Management Purpose 4
1.3.e. Other Purpose 5
Chapter – 2 Review of literature 6
2.1 Traffic Survey 6
2.2 Main Purposes of Traffic Survey 7
2.3 Parts of Traffic Studies 7
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2.4 Traffic Volume Study 8
2.5 Definitions Related to Traffic Volume Study 8-10
2.6 Expansion Factor 10
2.6.a. Hourly Expansion Factor 10
2.6.b. Daily Expansion Factor 10
2.6.c. Monthly Expansion Factor 10
2.6.d. Directly Distribution Factor 11
2.7 Reconnaissance Survey 11
2.7.a. Purpose 11
2.7.b. Survey Method 12
2.8 Traffic Volume Count 12
2.8.a. Manual Observation 12-14
2.8.b. Automatic Observation 15-16
Chapter – 3 Methodology 17
3.1 Perception 17
3.2 Field Procedure 17
3.3 Counting Method 17-18
3.4 Recording Data 18
3.5 Reliability of method adopted 18
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Chapter – 4 Data Collection & Analysis 19
4.1 General Information 19-20
4.2 Equipment 21
4.3 Volume 21
4.4 Details Calculation 22-23
4.5 Service Flow Rate 23
4.6 Directional Distribution 24
4.7 Flow Fluctuation 25
4.8 Vehicle Composition 26
Chapter – 5 Conclusion & Recommendation 27
5.1 Result 27-28
5.2 Discussion about Vehicle Composition pie-chart 28-29
5.3 Discussion about Directional Distribution pie-chart 29
5.4 Discussion about Flow Fluctuation Curve 29-30
5.5 Conclusion 30-31
5.6 Limitation 31
5.7 Recommendation 32-33
Reference 34-35
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ABSTRACT
The three main parameters of a traffic flow are volume, speed and density. In the
absence of effective planning and traffic management of the Dhaka city, Bangladesh,
the current road infrastructure cannot cater the future needs of the city. The
current work studies traffic characteristics in Dhaka city at one selected priority
junction. In this work, emphasis was given on traffic volume and the analysis was
carried out through primary traffic flow surveys at Pubali bank ltd. junction to
Satrasta Junction in Dhaka city. Traffic flow is studied by direct methods. For better
understanding of the present status of traffic flow at the junction, traffic survey is
conducted. Calculation of Passenger Car Units (PCU’s) for different vehicle types was
provided by our respected course co-coordinators of the course CE 452.
With the help of the data collection, an attempt had been made to understand the
traffic patterns during different time periods. Cars, Jeep-Micro-Ambulance, and
NMV are highest in volume at our junction.
The results from the present study are helpful in controlling the traffic at the
intersection and also in suggesting some of the remedial measures to improve the
traffic safety in the region. Remedial measures such as widening the road, changing
4-lane to 6-lane or by providing more public transportation can be recommended
based on the outcomes of the work.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Most importantly, we wish to pass on our significant appreciation to the almighty
Allah for enabling us to complete this report successfully.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation and deepest gratitude to our
course teachers Minhajul Islam Khan, Assistant professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, AUST & Sadia Mohsin, Assistant professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, AUST.
We are also grateful to our group members for their constant help all through the
time of study process.
Finally, we want to express our gratefulness to our parents and our family members
who encourages us all the time.
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