STUDY OF TRAFFIC CHARCTERSTICS OF SELECTED JUNCTIONS IN CHANDIGARH THROUGH SIMULATION

ABSTRACT In India, the traffic is of mixed composition and the rate of growth of traffic is very high, but the resources available for giving this growth a suitablebaseare limited. So the only option left is to make the present facilities highly efficient. The present study aims to study the traffic flow at a junction in Chandigarh using simulation techniques. It is aimed to increase the efficiency of the junction by providing one of the component of Intelligent Transport System, VAP (Vehicle Actuated Programming) signals i.e. variation of the signal timings according to the variation in traffic demand. This has been accomplished with the help of simulation through detectors used in the VISSIM software along with its add-on module VisWalk (for pedestrian movements). This study elaborates the interaction of vehicles and pedestrians while using junction facilities through Simulation in VISSIM.