Contents

1. Survey Location .................................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Traffic Count ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Piliyandala to Moratuwa Direction .............................................................................................................. 3
2.2 Moratuwa to Piliyandala Direction ............................................................................................................... 3
3. Vehicle Composition ............................................................................................................................................. 4
3.1 Piliyandala to Moratuwa Direction .............................................................................................................. 4
3.2 Moratuwa to Piliyandala Direction ............................................................................................................... 5
4. PCU Conversion .................................................................................................................................................... 6
4.1 Piliyandala to Moratuwa Direction .............................................................................................................. 6
4.2 Moratuwa to Piliyandala Direction ............................................................................................................... 6
5. Hourly Flow .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
5.1 Piliyandala to Moratuwa Direction .............................................................................................................. 6
5.2 Moratuwa to Piliyandala Direction ............................................................................................................... 7
6. Peak 15 min Flow .................................................................................................................................................. 7
7. Directional Split .................................................................................................................................................... 8
8. Speed Survey ......................................................................................................................................................... 9

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1. Survey Location

 Road Name – Katubedda – Piliyandala Road (B256)

 Section – Section 3

 Length of the section – 450 m

 Date of survey – 2018-05-25

 Time – 15:00:00 to 16:15:00

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 2. Traffic Count
2.1 Piliyandala to Moratuwa Direction

Time Total No of
15:00:00 - 15:15:00 15:15:00 - 15:30:00 15:30:00 - 15:45:00 15:45:00 - 16:00:00 16:00:00 - 16:15:00
Type of vehicle Vehicles
MCL 47 42 39 37 54 219
TWL 61 58 54 64 59 296
CAR 68 50 56 54 57 285
VAN 12 4 6 14 11 47
MBU 0 2 1 0 1 4
LBU 6 5 4 5 6 26
LGV 17 14 19 22 10 82
MG1 5 4 4 2 9 24
MG2 0 2 0 0 3 5

TOTAL 216 181 183 198 210 988

2.2 Moratuwa to Piliyandala Direction

Time
Type of 15:00:00-15:15:00 15:15:00-15:30:00 15:30:00-15:45:00 15:45:00-16:00:00 16:00:00-16:15:00 Total No of ve
vehicle
MCL 57 47 50 59 48
TWL 50 67 56 49 61
CAR 49 73 52 85 63
VAN 16 16 15 15 21
MBU 0 1 0 4 1
LBU 0 7 8 3 6
LGV 12 11 15 11 15
MG1 4 7 10 2 11
MG2 4 8 5 5 8
AG4 0 0 0 0 3
FVH 0 0 1 0 0

Total 192 237 212 233 237

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 3. Vehicle Composition
3.1 Piliyandala to Moratuwa Direction
15 MIN VEHICLE COMPOSITION
70
60
50
No of Vehicles

40
30
20
10
0
15:00:00 - 15:15:00 - 15:30:00 - 15:45:00 - 16:00:00 -
15:15:00 15:30:00 15:45:00 16:00:00 16:15:00
Time

MCL TWL CAR VAN MBU LBU LGV MG1 MG2

PILIYANDALA - MORATUWA : VEHICLE COMPOSITION

MG1MG2
LGV
2% 1%
8% MCL
LBU
MBU 22%
VAN0%3%
5%

CAR
29%
TWL
30%

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3.2 Moratuwa to Piliyandala Direction

15 MIN VEHICLE COMPOSITION

90
80
70
No of Vehicles

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
15:00:00 - 15:15:00 15:15:00 - 15:30:00 15:30:00 - 15:45:00 15:45:00 - 16:00:00 16:00:00 - 16:15:00
Time

MCL TWL CAR VAN MBU LBU LGV MG1 MG2 AG4 FVH

MORATUWA - PILIYANDALA: VEHICLE

COMPOSITION
MG2, 30, 3% AG4, 3, 0%
MG1, 34, 3% FVH, 1, 0%
LGV,27,
LBU, 64,2%
6%
MCL, 261, 23%
MBU, 6, 1%
VAN, 83, 8%

CAR, 322, 29% TWL, 283, 25%

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 4. PCU Conversion
4.1 Piliyandala to Moratuwa Direction

Vehicle Type MCL TWL CAR VAN MBU LBU LGV MG1 MG2 HG3 AG3 AG4 AG5 AG6 FVH Total
No of Vehicles 216 296 285 47 4 26 82 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 985
Fraction 0.22 0.301 0.29 0.05 0.004 0.026 0.08 0.024 0.005 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PCU Factor 0.5 0.8 1 2 2.8 3.5 2.2 3.5 4 0 0 4.5 0 0 2
Flow 0.110 0.240 0.289 0.095 0.011 0.092 0.183 0.085 0.020 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.127

PCU Factor = 1.127

4.2 Moratuwa to Piliyandala Direction

Vehicle Type MCL TWL CAR VAN MBU LBU LGV MG1 MG2 HG3 AG3 AG4 AG5 AG6 FVH Total
No of Vehicles 261 283 322 83 6 27 64 34 30 0 0 3 0 0 1 1114
Fraction 0.23 0.254 0.29 0.07 0.005 0.024 0.06 0.031 0.027 0 0 0.003 0 0 9E-04 1
PCU Factor 0.5 0.8 1 2 2.8 3.5 2.2 3.5 4 0 0 4.5 0 0 2
Flow 0.117 0.203 0.289 0.149 0.015 0.085 0.126 0.107 0.108 0.000 0.000 0.012 0.000 0.000 0.002 1.213

PCU Factor = 1.213

5. Hourly Flow
5.1 Piliyandala to Moratuwa Direction

Time 15:00:00
15:15:00 -
-
16:15:00
Type of 16:00:00
vehicle
MCL 165 172
TWL 237 235
CAR 228 217
VAN 36 35
MBU 3 4
LBU 20 20
LGV 72 65
MG1 15 19
MG2 2 5

TOTAL 778 772

peak hourly flow = 778

PCU factor = 1.127
peak hourly flow in PCU = 876.806

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5.2 Moratuwa to Piliyandala Direction

Time
15:00:00 - 15:15:00 -
16:00:00 16:15:00
Type of
vehicle
MCL 213 204
TWL 222 233
CAR 259 273
VAN 62 67
MBU 5 6
LBU 18 24
LGV 49 52
MG1 23 30
MG2 22 26
AG4 0 3
FVH 1 1

TOTAL 874 919

peak hourly flow = 919

PCU factor = 1.213
Peak hourly flow in PCU = 1114.747

6. Peak 15 min Flow

Katubedda - Piliyandala -
time
Piliyandala Katubedda

15:00:00 - 15:15:00 192 216

15:15:00 - 15:30:00 237 181
15:30:00 - 15:45:00 212 183
15:45:00 - 16:00:00 233 198
16:00:00 - 16:15:00 237 210

Katubedda - Piliyandala -
Piliyandala Katubedda
peak 15 min flow 237 216
PCU factor 1.213 1.127
Peak 15 min flow in
287.481 243.432
PCU

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7. Directional Split

Lane No. of vehicles

Katubedda - Piliyandala 1114
Piliyandala - Katubedda 985

DIRECTIONAL SPLIT

Piliyandala -
Katubedda
47%
Katubedda -
Piliyandala
53%

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8. Speed Survey

Average Speed (kmph)

Vehicle Katubedda - Piliyandala -
type Piliyandala Katubedda
MCL 38.35 25.73
TWL 33.08 24.76
CAR 36.45 25.96
VAN 36.90 27.22
MBU 40.30 25.50
LBU 28.98 16.23
LGV 34.37 24.73
MG1 33.60 37.58
MG2 33.97
FVH 0.91

Speed Comparison
45.00
40.00
35.00
Average Speed

30.00
25.00
20.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
MCL TWL CAR VAN MBU LBU LGV MG1 MG2 FVH
Vehicle type

Katubedda - Piliyandala Piliyandala - Katubedda