Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v15i29.1717
Year: 2022, Volume: 15, Issue: 29, Pages: 1429-1439
Original Article
P Joyson Silva1*, T Samba Siva Rao2, Binu Sukumar3, M Kabilan4
1Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, R.M.K. Engineering College, RSM Nagar, Kavaraipettai, 601 206, Tamilnadu, India
2Student, Department of Civil Engineering, R.M.K. Engineering College, RSM Nagar, Kavaraipettai, 601 206, Tamilnadu, India
3Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering, R.M.K. Engineering College, RSM Nagar, Kavaraipettai, 601 206, Tamilnadu, India
4Engineering Consultant, L&T Infrastructure Engineering Limited,, Manapakkam, Chennai, 600 089, Tamilnadu, India
*Corresponding Author
Email: [email protected]
Received Date:16 September 2022, Accepted Date:10 May 2022, Published Date:28 July 2022
Background: Generally, Chennai is a hub of traffic congestion, where the major roads of the city are filled with vehicle. It gives the challenging situation to the road and traffic management officials to control and regulate the existing traffic with the existing facilities. Objectives: This paper deals with the microscopic simulation of existing road network model which helps in evaluating the performance of the Thirumangalam road intersection such as delay, queue length and also to evaluate and understand the pedestrian vehicle interaction at the intersection and to propose the improvements of signalized intersection in Thirumangalam at Chennai which is without basic facilities like pedestrian crossing time and it causes heavy congestion during peak hour which makes the management to operate the signals manually. Methods/Findings: PTV VISSIM software is used for evaluation and validation of the road network in order to choose the best alternative and optimization measures before implementation. This study helps to improve the existing junction by suggesting the improvement proposals by referring Indian road congress codes (IRC 106, 86, 103) and it also gives the new optimized signal design which is automated to regulate the traffic.
Keywords: Signalized Intersections; Signal Design; Microscopic Simulation; Junction Improvements
© 2022 Joyson Silva et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Published By Indian Society for Education and Environment (iSee)
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