Justification of Rail-Over-Bridge with Economic Evaluation a Case Study of "Vastrapur Rail Crossing at Vejalpur"

Abstract

Developing country like India, an adequate and efficient transportation system is necessary for economic
growth. Success of a city mainly depends on effective delivery of urban services of which efficient transportation system
can identify as the key elements. Traffic congestion is major problem for smooth flow of vehicles in city transportation
network. With increasing in number of vehicles due to increasing of population in the city it may increasing delay time and
create traffic jam problem at intersection of road and rail cross. Road traffic has been growing with very rapid rate i.e. 8%
per annum (as per IRC), hence the traffic intensity and volume on the road is high.
Ahmedabad is a seventh largest metropolitan city in India. There are a number of places in Ahmedabad which suffering
from the heavy traffic congestion. Among them vastrapur rail crossing which located at vejalpur is study area of the
present research work, at which over bridge should be advisable due to heavy traffic congestion. From the research work
it show that there is fixed delay foe 1 hr and 40 minutes in 24 hr. due to gate closing. The number of vehicles passing
through the crossing is 33180 vehicle/day. The number of vehicle delay time is 36600 minutes per day. From the analysis
it conclude that the total travel time saving and fuel saving is 2,10,73,549 and 70,52,000 per year due to construction of
flyover at particular location. From the data collection and data analysis different methods like Net Present Value (NPV),
Benefit-Cost ratio (B/C), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Sensitive analysis are used for economic evaluation.