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    ContentsContents

    y Outline

    y Introduction

    y Vehicles population

    y Chennai Traffic Statistics

    y Incidents

    y Economic loss

    y Conclusions

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    OutlineOutline

    y Discuss about Traffic

    y Population of vehicles

    y Range of traffic in Chennaiy Incidents due to traffic

    y Anatomy of a traffic

    y Traffic solutions

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    IntroductionIntroduction

    y TRAFFIC is the latest nightmare of

    Indian cities with collapsing infrastructureand the growing number of vehicles

    causing deaths, economic loss and an

    escalating health crisis.

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    As ad guru DanAs ad guru Dan BellackBellack saidsaid

    "Life is too short for traffic"

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    Vehicle populationVehicle population

    Delhi -70 lakh vehiclesChennai-32 lakh vehicals

    Mumbai -19lakh vehicles

    Jaipur -15lakh vehicles

    Bangalore-31lakh vehickes

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    Chennai Vehicle populationChennai Vehicle population

    y 32 lakhs vehicles

    y Registers 700 new vehicles daily

    y Increasing 300% in last 15 years

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    Mumbai vehicle populationMumbai vehicle population

    y 747 motor vehicles per km

    y With 6500 cars during rush hours

    y

    5.75% boost yearly in no. of new carsy More than 2 lakh autorickshaes

    y 9 lakh-odd passenger cars

    y

    55,000 taxisy More than 25,000 buses

    y 3lakh+ commercial vehicles

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    India TransportIndia Transport

    y Indian thoroughfares host over 48 modes

    of transport

    y 40 per cent of commercial vehicles plying

    illegally

    y 41 per cent of streets are taken up by

    parking

    y Most Indians drive 10 km on an averagedaily

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    Indian urban legendsIndian urban legends

    y Story

    Sunset or sunrise,

    you ride into hell.

    y Stories like this are part of today Indian

    urban legends; in Kolkata, Chennai,

    Kanpur and Coimbatore, etc.,

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    Chennai Traffic StatisticsChennai Traffic Statistics

    Vehicle Growth

    y Overall 8.4%

    y Two Wheeler 8.6%

    y Car 6.3%

    y Auto 15.64% (40,000 nos)

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    Peak traffic speedPeak traffic speed

    y Bangalores - 18 kmph

    y

    Chennai - 19kmphy Delhi - 16 kmph

    y Mumbai - 16 kmph

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    Traffic jamsTraffic jams

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    Losses By TrafficLosses By Traffic

    y Rs 10 crore is what traffic costs Delhiites

    daily in wasted fuel

    y 70% per cent of parking in Mumbai is in

    prohibited space

    y 814 vehicles per sq km is the traffic

    density in Kolkata

    y 4 lakh floating vehicles weave in and out

    of Chennai daily

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    Traffic CompositionTraffic Composition

    y 60% of the traffic consist of Passenger

    vehicle

    y Two Wheeler composition varies from

    32-74%

    y Good vehicles are high at location in the

    periphery

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    Peak Hour growthPeak Hour growth

    y Annual growth - 6% in 1992 to 17% in

    2008

    y Highest vehicle volume-175051

    y Least vehicle 4616

    y Peak hour factor ranges from 6.4% to

    9.5%

    y Maximum of 13% goods vehicles are

    plying on Pammal-Kunrathur Road

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    JunctionsJunctions

    y Singnalized 31%

    y Uncontrolled 54%

    y Rotary - 13%

    y Grade separated 02%

    Onstreet Parking

    y Present 41%

    y Absent 59%

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    Speed & DelaySpeed & Delay

    y Commercial Area - 19 to 21 kmph

    y Non-commercial Area 24 to 26kmph

    y Anna Salai - 27.5 kmph

    y Periyar -24.5

    y VOC Road &

    Erukkancherry - 21.3 kmphs

    y Chennai Bypass - 60.5 kmph

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    Area Category Road Length

    (Km)

    No.of Person No.of person

    working per

    100 m

    T. Nagar High 8090 860 11

    Alwarper &

    Perambur

    Medium 5430 340 6

    Pallavaram Low 1630 59 4

    Total Informal Employment 19 Lakhs (2008)

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    ANATOMY OF A TRAFFICANATOMY OF A TRAFFIC

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    Night TrafficNight Traffic

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    Traffic Jams MakesTraffic Jams Makes

    y Kill people in marooned ambulances

    y Desperate mothers are stuck on the wayto pick up their children from school

    y Candidates dont make it to jobinterviews

    y passengers miss important flights

    y

    Security forces fail to reach in time tohandle terror

    y Late attendance

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    Heavy TrafficHeavy Traffic

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    A Incident inA Incident in chennaichennai

    y Radhika Selvamani(35 years)

    y She taking her husband to the

    General Hospital

    y He has had an heart attack

    y An hour and many diversions later to

    escape the dense traffic near mylapore.

    y The delay kill her husband.

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    AkshardhamAkshardham attack of 2002attack of 2002

    Akshardham temple is attacked

    by two terrorists in the day of

    September 24th, 2002.

    The police and commandos

    escorted hundreds of visitors

    from around the complex to

    safety and helped transport the

    injured to the nearby hospitals.

    In this incident the two terrorists are escapedBy the reason of TRAFFIC

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    TTRAFFICRAFFIC SSOLUTIONSOLUTIONS

    y Using bridges or tunnels

    y

    Reducing junctionsy Limited access roads

    y Separate lanes for specific user groups

    y

    Ramp signalling on congested motorwaysy Greater access to public transport and

    more modes for choice.

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    Economic LossesEconomic Losses

    y Economic Losses due to Traffic Jams

    y

    The environmental stress generated byurbanization has many interrelated causes.

    y Average travel speed in the center of

    Chennai, during peak hours, is about

    19kms/hr! To this situation, 700 vehiclesare added to its streets everyday.

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    ConclusionConclusion

    Day by day the population of

    vehicles are increased. In this condition is

    continued our future will meet more

    traffic accidents.

    And more time previously wake up

    and move to his/her works for reach on

    time. Keeping punctuality is difficult.

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    QuestionsQuestions

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