Estimation Of Headway Patterns On Urban Roads In Hyderabad City – A Case Study

Nimbagal Abhinav*, A. Ramesh**, M. Kumar***
* PG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
** Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
*** Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Periodicity:June - August'2014
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.4.3.3024

Abstract

Heterogeneous traffic flow conditions in India are affected by various traffic characteristics such as driver behavior and prevailing conditions of road geometrics etc. In the present paper, an attempt is made to study the headway behavior of different vehicular composition in the traffic stream. The average speeds were calculated using headways of various vehicle combinations. Headways were determined in traffic stream by video image recording. The video was divided into image frames and analyzed for calculation of headways. To understand heterogeneity, statistical tests have been performed. Longitudinal gaps and vehicle to vehicle distance are measured in AutoCAD. Traffic violations in the study area are studied from available videographic data.

Keywords

Headways, Traffic, Gaps and Speeds.

How to Cite this Article?

Abhinav,N., Ramesh.A., and Molugaram,K. (2014). Estimation Of Headway Patterns On Urban Roads In Hyderabad City – A Case Study. i-manager’s Journal on Civil Engineering, 4(3), 33-42. https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.4.3.3024

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