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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

YEARS
Four Lane Bidirectional
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032
Towards Malleshwaram 0.45 0.51 0.58 0.65 0.74 0.83 0.94 1.06 1.20 1.36 1.53
(V/C) (Morning)
Towards Malleshwaram 0.27 0.31 0.35 0.39 0.45 0.50 0.57 0.64 0.73 0.82 0.93
(V/C) (Evening)
Towards Palace Road 0.31 0.35 0.39 0.44 0.50 0.57 0.64 0.72 0.82 0.92 1.04
(V/C) (Morning)
Towards Palace Road 0.26 0.29 0.33 0.37 0.42 0.47 0.53 0.60 0.68 0.77 0.87
(V/C) Evening)

At Grade(V/C) For YEARS
Critical Section 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032
Towards Malleshwaram 0.49 0.55 0.62 0.70 0.79 0.90 1.01 1.14 1.29 1.46 1.65
(V/C) (Morning)
Towards Malleshwaram 0.63 0.71 0.81 0.91 1.03 1.17 1.32 1.49 1.68 1.90 2.15
(V/C) (Evening)
Towards Palace Road 1.07 1.21 1.37 1.54 1.74 1.97 2.23 2.52 2.84 3.21 3.63
(V/C) (Morning)
Towards Palace Road 0.99 1.12 1.27 1.43 1.62 1.83 2.07 2.34 2.64 2.98 3.37
(V/C) Evening)

Option 2: 4 Lane Bi-directional already be observed at the flyover attractive to use and making
fly-over along Guttahalli main and at-grade critical section. personal mobility modes less
road & Sankey road. This also shows that flyovers attractive to own and use.
will only shift the point of traffic Flyovers, which follow a vehicle-
Option 3: 4 lane Bi-directional centric approach and do not
flyover for Bhashyam junction congestion from one point on account for network effects,
only and widening of Sankey the road to the other. A further environmental impact, and
road towards Malleshwaram analysis of the proposed flyover equity, are not a solution to
18th cross. through simulation model will
help understand its network traffic congestion.
Based on the morning and impact, as well as impact on When reviewing transport
evening peak-hour traffic details fossil fuel consumption and improvement proposals, it’s
of 2022 provided in the DPR tailpipe emissions, which would crucial to consider the amount
and forecasted traffic details be presented in subsequent of person capacity added per
till 2032 using a 13 % growth articles. unit of investment and space
rate, V/C ratios were calculated width, and the changes in
Transportation planning
for the above three options at should no more be just about fossil fuel consumption and air
the flyover and At-grade critical removing congestion points and noise pollution. Only by
section. Since the DPR finalized and reducing the V/C ratio answering these questions with
option 3 for the construction of but needs to take a systems scientific data and evaluation
the flyover, below are the V/C approach that considers can we arrive at a holistic
ratios for option 3 at flyover reducing total motorized VKT, solution to urban mobility
and At-grade critical section. problems.
reducing dependence on fossil
The LoS is F (i.e., V/C > 1) is fuels, and fixing the energy mix The authors acknowledge interns of IST
highlighted in red. Hence just a to renewable sources. The focus Lab, Deeba Fayaz and Junaid Sofi, BTech
few years after the construction should be on making sustainable students from National Institute of Technology,
Srinagar, for helping in the data analysis for
of the flyover, congestion can modes of transportation more the case study provided in the article.

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