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Traffic Impact Studies is necessary when traffic volumes and patterns change due to a change in new or revised land. This in turn will have impact on the transportation facilities in the vicinity of the site. At times, development, or redevelopment will trigger required improvements to nearby roadways to ensure that traffic continues to operate […]

Most of the countries have standard procedures for traffic counts, and expect towns, cities, or private entities to follow these procedures in their traffic studies. Whether any particular count was conducted following the standard procedures will really depend on who did the count and why. A manual classified count (MCC) involves counting all the vehicles […]

Most traffic engineering problems concern themselves with the provision of adequate capacity for the average flow of vehicles in the system, so as to avoid congestion and delay under the average conditions. With the capacity designed only for the average conditions, it is inevitable that congestion occurs in most of the peaking situations. Examples of […]

Traffic Violations in traffic laws are very common in a highly populated cities across the globe. The accidents associated with these violations cause a huge loss to life and property. A lot of people disobey the traffic rules every day. The major traffic violations are driving without valid licenses/documents, False driving, over speed, wrong direction […]

Traffic surveys aim to capture data that accurately reflects the real-world traffic situation in the area. Traffic Counts is the number of vehicles using the road. Earlier years, people use to stand at road side and record their observations on paper pads. In recent years, Traffic surveys came up with new approach by recording traffic […]

Transportation system is a dynamic system which has high importance and role to play in the current environment. The traffic information and data must be regularly monitored and updated to keep pace with ever-changing transportation system. Accurate Traffic Survey data must be collected and analyzed systematically to get effective information. Traffic Survey Data is very […]