Assessment of Facilities for Vulnerable Road Users at Selected Road Intersection of Rajkot City

Pedestrians, bicyclist and two wheelers are the vulnerable road users. The potential for problem reduction was specified for three target groups of vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists, two-wheelers (i.e. motorcyclists and riders of mopeds). Walkers and cyclists has great potential to contribute to high government agendas for more sustainable development. Walking is usually the first and last mode used, providing an important link between land use and motorized travel. Bicycle is the pedal-powered two wheeler. An important subject in the study is to consider in what way safety problems of pedestrians, cyclists and two-wheelers might be related to the fact that these modes are not integrated automatically in the planning for traffic. Rajkot is the center of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat state. In addition, population dramatically increased for huge number of urban migration. But there is very lack of vulnerable road user's facilities and which are available those are not proper. Facilities are very poor in some of the areas in Rajkot cities like Gondalchowk. Gondalchowk is the starting and ending point of the BRTS corridor. GondalChowk is connected with the national highway. Finally, On the basis of survey(Road inventory, pedestrian interview, classified volume count, pedestrian volume count),and it's analysis measure have proposed which should be required immediately for safe, efficient and appropriate movement of huge number of pedestrian at selected intersection. Citation: Mr. Meet R. Kotadia, Atmiya Institue of Technology and Science; Prof. Rahul M Kasundra ,Atmiya Institue of Technology and Science; Prof. Praful A. Shinkar ,Atmiya Institue of Technology and Science. "Assessment of Facilities for Vulnerable Road Users at Selected Road Intersection of Rajkot City." Global Research and Development Journal For Engineering 23 2017: 23 - 33.