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Transportation Engineering I: Rajesh Khadka Department of Civil Engineering Acem

This document discusses transportation and transport planning. It defines transportation planning as continuous planning that is part of overall regional and national infrastructure development. Transportation planning has objectives like establishing an integrated network to accommodate travel efficiently and forecasting future road requirements. There are different types and timescales of planning, including short, medium, and long term. Road network planning at the national and urban level is also covered, including considerations like future expansion, traffic studies, and identifying new road projects.

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Transportation Engineering I: Rajesh Khadka Department of Civil Engineering Acem

This document discusses transportation and transport planning. It defines transportation planning as continuous planning that is part of overall regional and national infrastructure development. Transportation planning has objectives like establishing an integrated network to accommodate travel efficiently and forecasting future road requirements. There are different types and timescales of planning, including short, medium, and long term. Road network planning at the national and urban level is also covered, including considerations like future expansion, traffic studies, and identifying new road projects.

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Transportation Engineering I

(CE 653)
Chapter 1: Lecture 3

Rajesh Khadka
Department of Civil
Engineering
acem

1.5 Transport Planning


1.5.1 What is Transportation/Transport Planning?
1.5.2 Objective of Road Planning
1.5.3 National Network Planning
1.5.4 Urban Road Network Planning
1.5.5 Ring Roads

1.5.1 What is Transportation/Transport


Planning?
Continuous planning
Part of overall regional and national transportation
infrastructure
Policy decision at one level may have severe effects on
proposed plans

The Systems Approach


System: a set of interrelated parts, called components, that perform a number
of functions in order to achieve common goals.
System analysis: the application of the scientific method to the solution of
complex problems.
Goals are desired end states. Operational statements of goals are called
objectives; these should be measurable and attainable.
Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs): an MOE is a measurement of the degree to
which each alternative action satisfies the objective.
Measures of Costs (MOCs): measures of the benefits forgone or the
opportunities lost for each of the alternatives.

Hierarchical structure of Road Transport Planning

Types of Planning

Short term
medium term
long term

Road or Highway Plan


one part of overall transport plan
should fit in overall national development plan
inter-modal plan should be considered in wider
perspective.

Objectives of Road Planning


integral part of national transport plan
establish an integrated highway network capable
of accommodating all highway travel in an
orderly, safe, efficient and economical way.
forecast the future requirements of roads needed

Objectives of Road Planning


set up priorities and schedules of construction
and renewal program in accordance with the
available resources
Financial planning and management

Road planning is an outcome of the needs of


society.

set up priority for undertaking the road


construction
Should accommodate wide community interest
Planning of road network is not the subject which
will be studied in detail in highway engineering.
The role of road engineer as a core technical
person to design, construct and maintain the r

The Evolving Approach to Street


Network

Urban Road Network Planning

Should consider the extent of the town, future


expansion possibilities etc.
Old towns/cities
no plan
roads are developed along a well used track way.
linear pattern
no more use in modern towns

Two types of road pattern


Grid iron pattern
Rectangular or block
Hexagonal
Radial pattern
Star and block
Star and circular
Star and grid

Identification of road project and feasibility study

Based on
national network plan
city network plan
Series of surveys and studies needed.
First stage:
Pre-feasibility or feasibility study
Pre-feasibility for large projects
should include economic analysis of various possible
alternatives.

Two types of road network


planning
National road network planning
City or local road network planning

National Road Network Planning

Planning of all roads to be developed in the national


context
includes
national highways
strategic highways
feeder roads, etc.
create a national skeletal network on which long
distance traffic particularly commercial vehicles could
be concentrated.

National road network planning


Necessary for the interest of national economy, sovereignty
and integrity and social justice as well as for political balance.
Should be based on careful study and thorough knowledge of
traffic engineering
trip generation
origin and destination study
traffic composition
traffic measurement
traffic desire lines
traffic planning etc.

National road network planning

Nepals national road network plan


linear pattern with the dead ends on hill district
head quarters
National highway running east to west and north
to south to which feeder roads or district roads
are connected to serve a given terminus such as
regional headquarters, zonal headquarters,
district headquarters, town villages, industrial
estate etc.

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