Analysis of Traffic Characteristics in Sylhet City and Development of Utility Function

Amit Yadav,Dipak Kumar Das,Mohsin Ali,Maira Anis

doi:10.5539/mas.v10n8p173

Abstract

Sylhet is a Metropolitan city of north east part of Bangladesh, aspect severe traffic problem due to speedy and unrestrained development. This happens due to intolerable level of inequity in transportation demand and supply scenario. To assess the asperity of the existing traffic system engrossed by enormous traffic problem in Sylhet city a study was steered by Civil and Environmental Engineering department. Purpose of this study to show the traffic characteristic in Sylhet City and developed utility function of numerous modes of vehicles. Floating car or Moving observer method were used to determine the traffic characteristics and multiple regression is used to develop utility function. Results shows that center of city (Bondor to Amborkhana) have highest traffic flow and overcrowding. It is conceived that this outcome will assist in the development of future traffic model and prevent from traffic congestion of Sylhet City.

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Cities are the power houses of economic growth for any country and transportation system provides the convenient way for movements as well as medium to reach destination
Same as we found that minimum average traffic flow is at Upashahar- Kodomtole (1086.15veh/hr.) lane where average running speed (U) is
The study was motivated for the traffic flow prevailing in Sylhet city and from previous research study, there is plethora of opinions regarding improvement of the situation

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Introduction

Cities are the power houses of economic growth for any country and transportation system provides the convenient way for movements as well as medium to reach destination. Inappropriate transportation system effects on economic activities and creates hindrances for development. Bangladesh often fails to cope with the pressure of increasing growth of population and economic activities in the cities causing uncontrolled expansion of urban areas. The population of Sylhet city was about 0.2 million in 1991 but at 2005 the population was about 0.7 million and known as 4th populous city in Bangladesh (BBS, 1991; SCC, 2005). The floating car method known as moving observer method, can be applied to investigate it for the better results (Arai & Sentinuwo, 2013; Banik, 2009)

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