Suggestions and Improvements to M D Block in Bangalore City.

Abstract

Urbanization has been stemmed as a need to fulfill man’s desire for a better life blessed with the best of facilities that one can afford to be living in. This meant more and more people migrated from their heartlands in the rural environments to the cities and major towns in the country, in search of employment and also a better life. This lead to rapid expansion of Urban Settlements and coupled with “the wave of rising expectations”, his needs kept on multiplying. One of the major aspects that urbanization was witnessed was the rapid explosion in terms of the number of vehicles that have been on the roads in the recent past. As the financial capacities of man increased, more and more people started owning their own vehicles. This phenomenon when taking place in a massive scale leads to problems as congestion and other traffic related issues. India has also seen a similar trend in the rapid growth of traffic in the past two decades. According to the RTOs of the major cities, the vehicle population in the cities have increased manifold, as much as 500 times. Such a massive increase in the vehicle population leads to problems such as frequent traffic snarls, congestion and delays in commute. Intersection or Junction Study was aimed at estimating the current traffic scenario prevailing at the Particular Junction at Mohammeden Block in Malleshwaram, Bangalore City. This is facilitated by means of surveys which are conducted for the junction in consideration. Based on the survey conducted, work is done in analyzing the performance characteristics of the junction with respect to its present capacity, the maximum limits of capacities and also on possible improvements to the traffic situation prevailing in the Junction/ Intersection