ESTIMATION OF CAPACITY FOR WEST ZONE (Paldi) OF AHMEDABAD

Authors

  • Smit Bhatt M.E.Transportation semester-3 rdstudent, Hasmukh Goswami College of Engineering
  • Srinath Karli Srinath Karli, Asst. Professor, Department of Transportation Engineering, Hasmukh Goswami College of Engineering
  • Kartik Zala Karitk Zala, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aadishwar College of Technology

Keywords:

Capacity of Roads, Capacity of Highways, Capacity of Major District Roads

Abstract

Every Transportation Facility should govened by a Qualitative and Quantitative Performance. Capacity is one of
the Best parameter among all the functional parameters. Capacity is measure of the Road and Highways for efficient
Performance. Capacity is fundamental to planning, design and operation of the roads. It is helpful for determination of
numbers of lanes required considering volume of the vehicles, their composition and other traffic related parameters. If the
capacity of the roads is measured in the field, the adequacy or deficiency of the road lane and other parameters can be
evaluated. The present paper includes the estimation of capacity of West Zone Road of Ahmedabad city. The capacity is
determined from the field data. Traffic volume and speed are determined for peak hours of the study area. The speed – volume
relationship is developed for the study area. The capacity is determined and compared with suggested value by IRC and Level
of Servies.

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Published

2016-09-25

How to Cite

Smit Bhatt, Srinath Karli, & Kartik Zala. (2016). ESTIMATION OF CAPACITY FOR WEST ZONE (Paldi) OF AHMEDABAD. International Journal of Advance Research in Engineering, Science & Technology, 3(9), 44–46. Retrieved from https://ijarest.org/index.php/ijarest/article/view/968

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 9 (2016): Volume: 03, Issue: 09 - September, 2016.

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