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Transportation Engineering-I
Engineering I

HIGHWAY PLANNING

HIGHWAY?
A major roadway capable of accommodating
heavy traffic
Modern highway systems started developing in
the last century

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MOTORWAY
A highway with controlled or restricted access
For free-flowing high speed traffic

IMPORTANCE OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE

Reduced journey times
Reduced travel costs
Direct links of agricultural land and industry to
the consumer market
Attracts business

Results in countrys economic development

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TYPICAL PLANNING PROCESS

Available
Information

Evaluation

Action Plan

Goals and
Objectives

Devise
Strategies

HIGHWAY PLANNING
Activities that:
1 Collect information on required performance
1.
2. Identify existing and forecast future system
performance levels
3. Identify solutions
Focus: meet existing and forecasted travel
demands

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HIGHWAY PLANNING
Highway transportation system plays an
important role in the lives of the community
The transportation problem touches almost
every phase of modern life i.e.

Industry
Agriculture
Goods

Movement

HIGHWAY PLANNING
Highway planners must continually be aware of
the heavy responsibilities they bear
Thus in preparing schemes for a single highway
or complicated highway network, care must
always be taken to ensure that;

Project

is not treated in isolation

It must be treated as an integral part of the whole
Transportation System

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HIGHWAY PLANNING
Entire planning process should be regarded as
a definite step in the advancement of
environmental progress and not just as a
concrete attempt to relieve congested traffic
conditions
It is important because of:

The

Influence of highway planning on the

community
The demands placed by the community

HIGHWAY PLANNING
Highway
planners
must
give
special
consideration to the role of the vehicles in the
urban areas
Following factors must be considered:

Increase

in population
Growth of number of vehicles
I
iin use off vehicles
hi l
Increase
Density of growth in different areas
Existing state of highway systems

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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
The process by which new transportation facilities
(and improvements to the old facilities) are
systematically designed, adequately tested, and
their future construction is properly programmed
Comprehensive transportation planning considers
all modes (mass transit, automobile, air, rail, etc.)
off transportation
t
t ti and
d treats
t t them
th
allll as a single
i l
system.

ADMINISTRATION AND FUNDING

Government/Politicians
Senate standing committee on
communications and railways
Local bodies like Capital Development Authority
(CDA)
National Highway Authority (NHA)

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HIGHWAY PLANNING STRATEGIES

Large urban areas
Multiple transport options
Huge amount of data collections
Complex planning requirements
Problem solutions can be quite complicated

HIGHWAY PLANNING STRATEGIES

Land-use Transport Approach

Problem
P bl
People

travelling to city centres for jobs

Solution
Land-use

strategy; providing employment opportunities

near the residential areas

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HIGHWAY PLANNING STRATEGIES

The Demand Management Approach

Problem
P bl
High

future traffic demands

Requirement to expand transport infrastructure
Solution
Effective

use of existing road networks

Tolling of heavily trafficked highway sections
Car pooling

HIGHWAY PLANNING STRATEGIES

The Car-Centred Approach

Problem
P bl
High

future traffic demands

Large metropolitan areas
Solution
Large

infrastructure is provided in the form of bigger and

better roads
Development of road linkages
Traffic control devices and in-car information for drivers

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HIGHWAY PLANNING STRATEGIES

The Public-Transport-Centred Approach

Problem
P bl
Increased

transport demands
Large metropolitan areas
Solution
Bus

and rail (public transport) facilities that are clean,

comfortable and affordable
Reduced noise and air pollution, and fuel efficiency
Implementing Parking and Congestion charges

ELEMENTS OF HIGHWAY PLANNING

Situation Definition
Problem Definition
Solutions
Analysis of Performance
Evaluation of Alternatives
Choice of Project
Specifications and Construction

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ASSIGNMENT

Write in detail the basic steps involved towards

the planning of an urban highway.
highway Include a
comprehensive flow chart at the end of your
report.

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