Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2022, 24(4):D174-D182 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2022.4.D174-D182

Assessment of Traffic Congestion under Indian Environment - a Case Study

Satya Ranjan Samal ORCID...1, *, Malaya Mohanty ORCID...1, Moses Santhakumar Selvaraj ORCID...2
1 KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
2 National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India

Traffic congestion is a major problem around the globe. The prime reason for congestion is unavailability of traffic infrastructure to meet the traffic demand. Road users are forced to face undesirable delay, which influences the economy, environment and health. The present study examines the congestion in the urban roads of Bhubaneswar, a smart city in India. Travel time for various categories of vehicles was estimated and congestion indices in terms of buffer index were evaluated. Multiple linear regression modeling has been used to evaluate the congestion parameters. The p-value for all the independent variables in the developed model is < 0.05. Four elements, namely Strict traffic law implementation, Adequate parking facilities, Decentralization and Controlling the road side activities are required to improve the serviceability and mobility of urban road networks.

Keywords: traffic congestion, buffer index, travel time, economy
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Received: April 13, 2022; Revised: September 21, 2022; Accepted: September 2, 2022; Prepublished online: September 27, 2022; Published: October 26, 2022  Show citation

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Ranjan Samal, S., Mohanty, M., & Santhakumar Selvaraj, M. (2022). Assessment of Traffic Congestion under Indian Environment - a Case Study. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 24(4), D174-182. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2022.4.D174-D182
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