Capacity is a fundamental concept in traffic engineering. Various studies were conducted on this problem in some developing nations and found that due to the increase in the number of cities, there is often too much activity on these roads, which affects the way they operate. This disruption of the smooth flow of traffic is known as “side friction”. In this study, several growing towns of the Indian state of Gujarat are selected and traffic behaviors were studied on selected arterial. In this regard, a classified traffic volume count survey, the spot-speed study is conducted on the selected arterial. Flow, Speed, and Density on the selected arterial are analyzed with and without roadside frictions conditions. Variations in capacity and different parameters of the arterial are determined with the help of speed-flow curves and speed-density curves. The capacity determined when side friction events were present is 13% to 22% less compared to without side friction condition. This study may be helpful to improve the existing traffic conditions in developing towns.


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    Title :

    Evaluation of Road Side Friction and Its Effect on Reduction of Capacity of Urban Arterial Roads of Some Selected Towns


    Additional title:

    stud. in Infrastructure & Control


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2021-12-14


    Size :

    14 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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