JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to

• Conduct traffic studies for estimating traffic flow characteristics.
• Determine the capacity and level of service of a highway element.
• Estimate parking requirements and inventory analysis
• Design traffic signal systems.
• Determine causative analysis of delay Traffic Surveys:
• 1. Traffic surveys like traffic volume count, turning movements.
• 2. Origin and Destination Survey.
• 3. Parking studies.
• 4. Speed - Moving observer Method.
• 5. Delay studies.
• 6. Headway and Gap-acceptance studies.
• 7. Pedestrian Survey.
• 8. Road Safety Audit.
• 9. Traffic noise measurement.
• 10. Highway capacity Estimation.
• 11. Videographic Survey

REFERENCES:

• 1. Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering, L. R. Kadiyali and N. B. Lal, Khanna, 2007.
• 2. Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning, L. R. Kadiyali, Khanna Publications, 2007.