Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Transportation Engineering
Lesson 1
Introduction

K. Sudhakar Reddy
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kharagpur
Email: ksreddy@civil.iitkgp.ernet.in
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General

• These presentations are not exhaustive and are

meant to supplement the material discussed in
the class room

• Text Books :- (1) Traffic Engineering and

Transportation Planning by LR Kadiyali (2)
Transportation Engineering – An Introduction by
C. Jotin Khisty and B. Kent Lall OR any other
standard text book on Transportation
Engineering
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Major Modes of Transportation

• For movement of people and goods
• Road
• Rail
• Air
• water
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• Sources :
(1)Infrastructure Committee (Chaired by the Prime
Minister) Reports (http://infrastructure.gov.in)
(2)Ministry of Road Transport and Highways web
site (http://morth.nic.in)
(3)National Highway Authority of India web site
(http://www.nhai.org)
(4)National Rural Roads Development Agency
(pmgsy.nic.in)
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Highways
• India has an extensive road network of 3.3 million
kms - the second largest in the world
• Roads carry 61% of the freight and 85% of the
passenger traffic
• Highways/Expressways constitute about 66,590 kms
(2% of all roads) and carry 40% of the road traffic
• Highways (NH/SH) – 12% 4-lane, 50% 2-lane, 38%
single lane
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Highways
• The ambitious National Highway Development
Project (NHDP) of the Government is at an advanced
stage of implementation. Key sub-projects under the
NHDP include:

- The Golden Quadrilateral (GQ-5846 kms of 4

lane highways)
- North-South & East-West Corridors
(NSEW-7142 kms of 4 lane highways)
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Highways

Four-laning of 12,109 km under NHDP-III

Program for 6-laning of 6,500 km of National Highways

under NHDP- V.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojan (PMGSY) for

providing connectivity to villages
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Highways - outlook for Future

• Projected Annual growth of Passengers – 12.5

• Cargo Traffic – 15 to 18%
• Investment during 11th plan – 78.5 Billion US Dollars
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Highways - Important Agencies
• Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
• National Highway Authority of India (Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways )
• National Rural Roads Development Agency
(Ministry of Rural Development)
• Indian Roads Congress
• Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi

(Students, on their own, are expected to learn briefly

about each of these organisations)
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Highways
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Railways
(www.indianrail.gov.in)
• One of the largest railway systems in the world with 64015
route kilometers and 1.4 million employees
• More than 35% of total freight traffic is carried by Railways
• Freight and Passenger Traffic Growing at 8% and 6.5%
respectively
• Vision 2020 envisages Potential for 10% growth exists
• About 14,00,000 Crores will be required over the next 10
years to achieve this growth
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Railways
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Ports (http://shipping.nic.in )
• India has 12 major ports and 187 minor ports
• Cargo handled by Major Ports increased by 9.5%
p.a. over last 3 years
• Major ports handle nearly 75% of the total traffic
• Cargo handling at the major ports likely to grow at
7.7% p.a.
• Containerised cargo is expected to grow at 15.5%
(CAGR) over the next 7 years
• Rs. 60,750 Crores required for Major Ports and
Rs.20,250 Crores for Minor Ports
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Ports

JNPT Port
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Air Ports (http://www.airportsindia.org.in )
• India has 125 airports; 11 International airports
• In 2004-05, Indian airports handled 60 million passengers
and 1.3 million tonnes of cargo
• Passenger traffic grew at over 22% in 2004-05 over 2003-04;
Cargo grew at 21.6% over the previous year
• Nearly all the Airports are owned and Operated by Airports
Authority of India (AAI)
• New Bangalore and Hyderabad International airports built by
Private Agencies
• Passenger Traffic expected to grow at 15%
• Cargo to grow at 20%
• Estimated Investment over next 5 years is Rs. 40,000 Crores
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Air Ports

First A 380 Arrival at the New Terminal of Delhi Airport