Visit to Utsav Chowk (Traffic Survey)

Visit for Third Year Students (Division A & B)

A traffic survey was carried out at Utsav Chowk , Kharghar for third year students to capture data that accurately reflects the real world traffic situation in the area. The main purpose is to estimate the highway usage, to find out the vehicular flow and their average speed, classified volume count at mid-block section, and Speed profile study at mid-block section.

Faculty Explaining the method of study

Third Year students along with faculty at Utsav Chowk

The traffic survey was conducted with the following objectives:

• To familiarize the students about different traffic surveys.
• To install the knowledge of taking traffic survey by different methods.
• To aware the students about different concepts such as PCU etc.

Site Selection
The site for surveying project was selected considering the following criteria:

• It should be a four way junction.
• It should have sufficient traffic.
• The traffic should consist of all types of vehicles including light motor vehicle and heavy motor vehicle.