In the urban transportation system, towns and cities play an essential role in promoting economic growth and prosperity. In India, where traffic conditions with no lane disciplines generate more complicated scenarios. Extensive hours are getting wasted on the roads due to traffic congestion, which negatively affects the overall economy. In the future, urban areas will play a critical role in sustaining high economic growth rates as India becomes more urbanized. The economic continuity in the growth can be sustained if these towns and cities function efficiently, which ultimately depends upon the effectiveness of its urban transport systems. The existing traffic framework is not meeting the traffic demand due to an exponential increase in population and vehicles. This research aims to access the traffic congestion impacts of the urban transportation network in the Indian scenario of urban transport system issues, challenges, and some mitigation strategies. The article firstly reviews the trends of vehicular growth and transport infrastructure in Indian cities, followed by a discussion on the traffic congestion impacts and nature of urban transport problems such as congestion, road accidents, and health effects. Based on the study, mitigation strategies are proposed to improve the urban transportation system in India.
Urban Transportation System Problems in Context of the Indian Conditions
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
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2022-02-16
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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