Traffic Congestion Analysis and Occupancy Parameter in India

Abstract

AbstractThis study focuses on the traffic congestion analysis in the developing country, especially in a major city in India and introduces the traffic congestion analysis method by using occupancy which is one of traffic flow parameter. In general, it is hard to make the traffic flow analysis in the developing countries because their road infrastructure is not able to catch up with their demand of rapid growing transportation condition. Therefore, their traffic congestion becomes heavier and causes the serious negative impact such as traffic accidents, air pollution, unnecessary fuel consumption, health problem, and so on. The uniqueness of this study is the following three items. At first, this study is based on one month measured traffic data in the city and shows its traffic flow characteristics comparing with the traffic flow theory. In the second, it introduces combination traffic congestion analysis method by calculating the traffic occupancy from the compared traffic flow characteristics. In the third, it shows the validation of the new traffic congestion analysis method by comparing the occupancy measurement data.KeywordsTraffic flowTraffic congestionTraffic fundamental characteristics