IMPORTANCE

OF
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
& ROAD SAFETY
Hemant Tiwari
Traffic & Transportation Engineer
Lecturer, National College of Engineering
Email: hemu.ioe@gmail.com

Traffic Condition in Kathmandu Valley:

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Expanding Kathmandu Valley

Source: JICA, 2011

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CONTRIBUTOR TO CONGESTION
Centralization of different facilities
Increase in Population & Standard of living
Unreliable public transportation & Increased private vehicles usage.
Inadequate infrastructure and road network. & On street parking at bottleneck
point
Lack of knowledge of ROAD RULE

High investment or Construction not always a feasible solution.

No consideration to MANAGEMENT option.
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Effects of Congestion
Reduction in Speed, i.e. Delay
Environmental pollution:
Infrastructure overload.
Depletion of ozone layer
Traffic noise

Decreased aesthetic beauty

Obstruction to Emergency vehicles
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Economic Impact of Congestion

Cost of US cities ranges between
USD 35 billion to USD 48 billion.

Cost Moscow USD 1.3 billion a

year.
Costs the South African business
USD 18 billion a year.
Eats up to USD 3 billion a year
(DHAKA)
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More than 1000 million passengers

travel by road every day, worldwide.
If a passenger lose 1 minute
everyday , in traffic congestion,
total annual time loss is

700,000 YEARS !!!

(Source: Er. C.J. Johnson MIE)

Hence, Investment to reduce traffic congestion is

INEVITABLE
&
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Traffic
Management
Process:

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Is Widening a Solution??

50 lane highway in China

Road space will never catch up with vehicle population.

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EXPANSION FOR WHAT???

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Proper Provision of Pedestrian

Facilities is must

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Provision for Differently Abled Person

is must

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HOW
TO
COPE
WITH
INCREASED
VOLUME
OF
TRAFFIC
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HOW
TO
REDUCE
TRAVEL
DEMAND

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Traffic Signal Control Mode

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Traffic Signals and their Coordination

Coordinated Signals
Shorter
Travel
Time

Time
Signal

Time

Uncoordinated Signals

Distance

Distance

PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
AN
VIABLE SOLUTION
TO
CONGESTION
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What Public Transport can do (Ganding City, China)

Before

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After

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Public Transportation should not be like

this

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BRT VS MRT (Metro)

Study must before any conclusion

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BRT as a form of PT
BRT is a high-quality bus based transit
system that delivers fast, comfortable,
and cost-effective urban mobility
through the provision of segregated
right-of-way infrastructure, rapid and
frequent operations with less delay at
station.

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Features of BRT System:

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Segregated bus ways i.e. exclusive lanes

Less Frequent Stops
Comfortable and secure Station
Adequate capacity
Bus Signal Priority
Head way (Time) based schedules
Integration with other mode.
Low-emission vehicle technologies
Pre-board fare collection and fare verification
Access for emergency vehicles
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Exclusive Bus lanes

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Signal Prioritization

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Access to other mobility system

Bicycle parking

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Park and ride facilities

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Pre board fare Collection & verification

Smart Card System

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Fare verification

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Control System

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LETS GO FOR DYNAMIC APPROACH OF TRAFFFIC MANAGEMENT:

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

(ITS)

New Technology: Transit Explore Bus or TEB (From China)

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ROAD
SAFETY

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Road deaths: An International Context

Million people

1.8

1.3 million deaths

20-50 million injured

1.3

Worlds 8th leading

cause of death

1.3

<1

AIDS-related TuberculosisRoad traffic Malaria

WHO 2007 WHO 2004 WHO 2008
deaths
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FIFTH ranked killer

of women
No.1 killer of young
people aged 15 - 29
= ROAD ACCIDENT
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Leading causes of death internationally

2004

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2030

Rank

Disease or Injury

Rank

Disease or Injury

Ischaemic heart disease

Ischaemic heart disease

Cerebrovascular disease

Cerebrovascular disease

Lower respiratory infections

COPD

COPD

Lower respiratory infections

Diarrhoeal diseases

Road traffic injuries

HIV/AIDS

Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer

Tuberculosis

Diabetes mellitus

Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer

Hypertensive heart disease

Road traffic injuries

Stomach cancer

10

Prematurity & low-birth weight

10

HIV/AIDS

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UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon warned the necessity

of funding for Decade of
Action for Road Safety 20112020 to save 5 million lives
on the worlds road accident.

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Road Safety Interventions

Never Use Term ROAD ACCIDENTS

Use term ROAD CRASHES

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Crash Contributing Factors

Source:
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Road Safety Audits; Haymarket,

HemantNSW,
Tiwari Australia; Austroads, 1994.

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Incorporating a Safe System Framework

Lower speeds -more
forgiving to human error.

Safer
speeds

Safer
road
users
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Safer
vehicles

Safer
travel

Education, awareness
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Safe system recognize that

human error will occur.
Aims for forgiving roads to
minimize crash fatalities
and serious injuries.

Safer
roads

Design, improve for

forgiving structures
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RIGHT HAND VS LEFT HAND WALKING

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Give way or
Yield or
STOP LOOK
& GO sign

Is Education witnessed before

obtaining Driving License?
SIGN INDICATING END OF SPEED LIMIT

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Different Sign
Same meaning

At place of
Zebra crossing
to provide
information

Different Purpose
Different Location
Certain distance
Proper Usage is must ahead of Zebra
crossing to warn
drivers
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Height consideration??

Look at the
corner
carefully.
Sign for the sake of sign is not
the Sign we need
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LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS?

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Is human the most intelligent animal

WHOSE
FAULT?????
Zebra Cross Vs.
Overhead Bride in
Urban Area
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ROAD SAFETY TIPS

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Have knowledge about Traffic Sign

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What you have to say:

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Always use Helmet

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Pay 100% attention while driving:

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THANK
YOU!