Lecture 13

Prepared by

Rocksana Akter
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
DUET, Gazipur
 Traffic engineering

Traffic engineering is a branch of civil

engineering that uses engineering techniques to achieve
the safe and efficient movement of people and goods on
roadways.
 Traffic Engineering includes:

• The study of regulations for traffic

• Characteristics of traffic
• Controlling and guiding measures for traffic
• Flow of traffic at junctions
• Parking areas
• Traffic survey
• Engineering elements of road system affecting
traffic operation
• Improvement of traffic facilities in existing towns
and so on.
 Objects of Traffic Engineering

• To achieve smooth and easy flow of traffic at intersections

• To develop methods for improvement in general and for solving
specific problems in particular
• To have safe, convenient, rapid and economic transport of
persons and goods
• To improve the speeds of vehicles
• To increase the traffic carrying capacity of roads
• To make the streets safe for the movement of both, pedestrians
and vehicles
• To reduce delays in road journeys
• To reduce the chances of road accidents to a minimum
• To remove traffic congestion
 Traffic Survey or Study
Aims of traffic survey:
• To analyse the road accidents and to find out road elements
contributing to their occurrence
• To determine the facilities provided on road and to suggest
the measures to improve the
• To get data for suitable geometric design of various
components of roads
• To obtain the knowledge of the nature of traffic at present
and to forecast its future trend
• To provide suitable parking facilities
• To suggest controlling measures for speed
 Types of Traffic Survey

• Accident survey

• Origin and destination survey

• Parking survey

• Spot speed survey

• Speed and delay survey

• Traffic volume survey

 Accident Survey

The investigations to be carried out during an accident

survey include the following items:
• Details of vehicles such as registration number, type of
vehicle, loading details.
• Estimation of cost of accident
• General data such as time , date, person involved, etc.
• Location of the accident
• Nature of accident including injuries, damages etc
• Primary causes of accident
• Road and traffic conditions at the site of accident.
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