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Adverse Effect of Congestion on Economy, Health and Environment Under Mixed Traffic Scenario

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Traffic congestion has been an area of a serious problem across the globe, which traffic engineers everywhere are trying to solve. The principal cause especially, the existing framework is incapable to accommodate the present demand. An essential portion of working hours is getting wasted on the roadway due to traffic congestion which indirectly put an adverse effect on the overall economy, health and the environment. There has been many research conducted to investigate the effect of traffic congestion. However, the result has not been much gratifying. In the present study, congestion prediction is attempted under heterogeneous traffic conditions to determine their feasibility under the Indian traffic scenario and proposes better suggestions in controlling and evading these prolonged traffic congestion. The urban road networks were considered as a study area. The license Plate matching method using video graphic survey is preferred to collect the required data for morning peak hours considered from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and off-peak hours considered from 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM to estimate travel time of different category of vehicles for selected sections of the urban road network system. Congestion indices for each direction and each road were evaluated from the data collected from video recording. The study primarily focused on congestion indices and the operational efficiency of the urban road network. The effect of traffic congestion on the economy, the environment and health were analyzed under mixed traffic condition and possible mitigation measures have been suggested.

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India

    Satya Ranjan Samal & Malaya Mohanty

  2. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India

    S. Moses Santhakumar

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Appendices

Appendix: Sample Format to Collect the Data of Effect on Health

Is the health affected due to traffic congestion?

YES

NO

DON'T KNOW

 

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Which type of symptoms do you observe due to traffic congestion?

Breathing difficulty

 

Headache

 

Mental stress

 

Hearing problem

 

Unexpected sweating

 

Tiredness

 

Suffocation

 

Dust allergy

 

Eye problem

 

Digestion problem

 

Dehydration

 

Others

 

Sample Format to Collect the Data for the Suggested Mitigation Measures

Out of the below-mentioned factors, which are the factors to be more effective to reduce the traffic congestion in the urban areas with a minimum investment of money and time?

Factors

 

Flyovers construction

 

Use of public transportation, i.e. increase the number and frequency of public vehicles

 

Strict traffic law Implementation

 

Rescheduling of office/school timing

 

Removal of non motorized vehicles (NMV)

 

Decentralization

 

Controlling road side activities

 

Car free days and discourage private cars

 

High parking charge

 

Increasing pedestrian facilities

 

Appropriate parking facilities

 

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Samal, S.R., Mohanty, M. & Santhakumar, S.M. Adverse Effect of Congestion on Economy, Health and Environment Under Mixed Traffic Scenario. Transp. in Dev. Econ. 7, 15 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-021-00125-4

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