ANALYSIS OF TIDAL FLOW TRAFFIC OPERATION IN AHMEDABAD

Abstract

Road transportation facing manifold problems due to increase in population and so vehicle population. As
the vehicular growth in urban area is fact so the facility to transportation should be adequate for road users
but there is limitation to expansion further road due to less availability of extra land. In that kind of condition
the traffic management can be done by reversible traffic lane. The study involves of an implementation of
reversible lane as a method by which traffic flow carrying capacity is increased and traffic jam density is
decreased. For that various type of data are needed which are as: Traffic volume, Delay time, Accidents survey,
Spot speed study, Traffic conflicts, Fuel consumption & Environment factor too are needed to study about it.
Reversible roadways most commonly are used for accommodating the directionally imbalanced traffic
associated with daily commuter periods. Reversible lanes also have been used regularly in construction work
zones, during major events and, more recently, for the evacuation of major metropolitan regions threatened
by hurricanes. The history of reversible lane systems (RLS) dates back more than 75 years and includes
applications on all roadway classifications, from local city streets to freeways. By applying the reversible
traffic flow lanes resulted in a significant saving in travel time in the peak-hour time period. Easy traffic
flow is maintained and due to that the traffic congestion is reduce. By reducing the congestion vehicle user
going to get smooth traffic flow hence the fuel cost and environment can be save. The city is facing problems
of traffic, Parking and Pedestrians” safety on certain stretches of roads scope of the study includes the
literature review and applying the tidal flow technique to overcome this situation.