A Survey on Environmental Impacts Due to Traffic Congestion in Peak Hours

Author(s):

Shradhesh R. Marve , G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur; Mangesh Bhorkar, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur; Payal Baitule, Nagpur Polytechnic,Nagpur

Keywords:

Traffic Congestion, Environmental effects, pollution, urban environment, impact, fuel loss, intersection, Noise

Abstract:

Traffic congestions, air pollution, noise pollution & its resultant ill effects and frustration have become the order of the day. The necessitate for traffic evaluation and assessment is likely to improve for future development of Road Transport Network. Assessment of traffic is stipulation to planning of highways and flyovers. It also provides the basis for determining the number of traffic lanes to be provided for different road sections having regards to volume, composition and other parameters of traffic. Day by Day the increasing of population and numbers of vehicles also increases the load on traffic. Due to this increasing result into excess fuel consumption and which affect pollution. For manipulating the emanated fuel consumption and pollution load to the environment by HMV or LMV during rest at Traffic signal, appraisals were carried out at different traffic signal intersection in Nagpur city in the given research study, an investigations is carried out on the critical environmental impacts causes due to congestion of traffic.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	IJSTEV2I8054
Published in	:	Volume : 2, Issue : 8
Publication Date	:	01/03/2016
Page(s)	:	151-154

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