i3DVRSE

interactive 3D Virtual Reality Simulated Environments

Traffic Simulation –
Haji Ali Junction
Propelling India into the 21st Century

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Objective of the exercise –
To understand the congestion problems at the Haji Ali to Cadbury junction
links and to use appropriate technologies for evaluating options to ease the
problem and provide a platform for communication and decision making

Activities undertaken –
 Study of traffic demand
 Travel times
 Micro Simulation, calibration and validation
 VR environment creation
 Scenario simulations – Extension at Racecourse road, Car Decks, Extended
Car Deck solution (proposed by Medulla-Soft)
 Overall scenario analysis and recommendations

Haji Ali and Cadbury Junctions –

interactive 3D Virtual reality Simulated Environment and Micro
Simulated analysis

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Haji Ali and Cadbury Junctions –
Critical points for Mumbai Traffic
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Peak hour Straight and left moving traffic demands denoted as v(SL) are clubbed together
because of similar travel constraints
Peak hour Right moving traffic demand-v(R)- forms a complementary demand when there
are a maximum of four legs to an intersection
Together v(SL) and v(R) form Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive (MECE)
demand for link capacity
Capacity per link is taken as 1800 vehicles per lane per hour (universal convention for high
congestion links) eg: 3 lanes available for SL traffic is treated as a capacity of 5400 vehicles
denoted as c(SL)
v/c ratio or Vehicle/ Capacity ratio is the ratio of demand from a particular direction to
available capacity for that direction
For a link to be able to provide a congestion free conduit under ideal conditions, the sum of
v/c ratios for all the MECE demands should be less than 1 ie. v(SL)/c(SL) + v(R)/c(R) < 1
If such condition is not satisfied, then the congestion is inevitable during peak hour
demands and the only solution is to try to ease congestion by making movement as
seamless as possible

Haji Ali–Cadbury Link

A Capacity Issue

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Haji Ali–Cadbury Volumes
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Coming from - Base Case Best Case 2 Car Decks
AM

Worli – R
2560 5400 0.47 2560 5400 0.47 2560 5400 0.47
Worli-SL
1656 5400 0.31 1656 5400 0.31 1656 5400 0.31
Cadbury – SL
2807 7200 0.39 2807 7200 0.39 2807 7200 0.39
Cadbury - R
703 1800 0.39 703 1800 0.39 703 1800 0.39
Race Course – SL
2431 5400 0.45 2431 5400 0.45 2431 5400 0.45
Tardeo – SL
2314 7200 0.32 2314 7200 0.32 2314 7200 0.32
Tardeo – R
581 1800 0.32 581 1800 0.32 581 1800 0.32

Sum of Critical
V/c
1.58 0.78 1.25

Haji Ali – V/C - AM

Coming from - Base Case Best Case 2 Car Decks
AM

Worli – R
2823 5400 0.52 2823 5400 0.52 2823 5400 0.52
Worli-SL
1956 5400 0.36 1956 5400 0.36 1956 5400 0.36
Cadbury – SL
4623 7200 0.64 4623 7200 0.64 4623 7200 0.64
Cadbury - R
450 1800 0.25 450 1800 0.25 450 1800 0.25
Race Course – SL
2955 5400 0.55 2955 7200 0.41 2955 7200 0.41
Tardeo – SL
2797 7200 0.39 2797 7200 0.39 2797 7200 0.39
Tardeo – R
586 1800 0.33 586 1800 0.33 586 1800 0.33

Sum of Critical
V/c
1.79 0.89 1.41

Haji Ali – V/C – PM

Coming from – AM Base Case Best Case

From Peddar Road – SL

3379 7200 0.47 3379 7200 0.47
From Haji Ali – SL
4144 5400 0.77 4144 5400 0.77
From Haji Ali – R
1235 1800 0.69 1235 1800 0.69
From Bhulabhai Desai –SL
1387 3600 0.39 1190 3600 0.33
From Bhulabhai Desai - R
465 5400 0.09 535 5400 0.10

Sum of Critical V/c

1.54 0.87

Cadbury – V/C – AM
Coming from – AM Base Case Best Case

From Peddar Road – SL

3405 7200 0.47 3405 7200 0.47
From Haji Ali – SL
3021 5400 0.56 3021 5400 0.56
From Haji Ali – R
1371 1800 0.76 1371 1800 0.76
From Bhulabhai Desai –SL
1190 3600 0.33 1190 3600 0.33
From Bhulabhai Desai - R
535 5400 0.10 535 5400 0.10

Sum of Critical V/c

1.42 0.66

Cadbury – V/C – PM
1. Existing scenario – signalized intersections, right turn from
for Vehicles coming from peddar road and Bhulabhai Desai
Rod to racecourse road and Tardeo to be taken through a u
turn
2. Extension of Racecourse – lanes to be added
3. Car decks – Car deck at Cadbury from Haji ali junction to
Bhulabhai Desai Road and Tardeo to Worli at Haji ali junction
4. Extended car deck solution – car decks from a to Haji
Ali Junction to Race course road and Tardeo Road
[Drive Experience]

Scenarios Analyzed
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Results – PM
Direction Base Case 1 Car Deck 2 Car deck Best
Worli To Peddar Road 12.51 7.15 2.93 2.93
Time in Sec. (No. of
Vehicles in 15 min)
Worli To Bhulabhai 12.39 7.13 2.61 2.64
Desai Road

Worli To Tardeo Road 8.87 5.64 1.93 0.93

Peddar Road to Worli 10.08 9.38 5.06 1.40

Peddar Road To Race 15.45 12.09 5.18 1.93

Course

Peddar Road to 14.29 13.02 5.8 1.97

Tardeo Road

Bhulabhai Desai TO 8.47 7.46 3.3 1.25

Worli

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Results – AM
Direction Base Case 1 Car Deck 2 Car deck Best
Worli To Peddar Road 9.32 8.41 2.3 2.19
Time in Sec. (No. of
Vehicles in 15 min)
Worli To Bhulabhai 9.24 8.15 1.96 2.08
Desai Road
Worli To Tardeo Road 6.87 7.18 1.75 0.94

Peddar Road to Worli 10.82 9.30 6.73 3.79

Peddar Road To Race 13.01 13.61 6.45 4.15

Course
Peddar Road to 11.76 11.73 7.13 4.14
Tardeo Road
Bhulabhai Desai TO 10.31 9.42 7.45 3.80
Worli

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Results-10% Inc. in Traffic-PM
Direction Best Case 2 Car deck - Best - Futu 2 Car deck
-Current Current re - Future
Worli To Peddar Road 2.93 2.93 3.93 5.95
Time in Sec. (No. of
Vehicles in 15 min)
Worli To Bhulabhai 2.64 2.61 3.67 5.68
Desai Road
Worli To Tardeo Road 0.93 1.93 1.19 5.09

Peddar Road to Worli 1.40 5.06 1.38 8.64

Peddar Road To Race 1.93 5.18 1.65 8.68

Course
Peddar Road to 1.97 5.8 1.82 9.52
Tardeo Road
Bhulabhai Desai TO 1.25 3.3 1.22 8.07
Worli

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Network Performance - PM
Network Current 2 Car Decks 3 Car Decks –
Performance Scenario Best Solution

Average delay time 403 100 45

per vehicle [s]

Average speed 4 19 35
[km/h]

Total delay time [h] 472 132 60

Number of vehicles 2036 3849 4413

that have left the
network(Every 15
min)

Total travel time [h] 502 182 119

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Network Performance - PM
Network Current 2 Car Decks 3 Car Decks –
Performance Scenario Best Solution
Average delay time 352 138 77
per vehicle [s]
Average speed 5 15 25
[km/h]
Total delay time 420 160 86
[h]
Number of vehicles 2055 3324 3386
that have left the
network (Every 15
min)

Total travel time 454 204 135

[h]

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Network Performance 2 Car Decks 3 Car Decks – Best
Solution
Average delay time per 217 64
vehicle [s]
Average speed [km/h] 9 28
Total delay time [h] 310 95
Number of vehicles that 3711 4649
have left the network
(Every 15 min)
Total travel time [h] 359 158

Network Performance–10% Inc.

To be expected in either 2 years or potentially through
the sea link extension at Worli
Results strongly indicate that the Extended Car Deck solution is the
only sustainable solution for easing congestion
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The Haji Ali junction & Cadbury junction faces
capacity constraint that will worsen with increasing
demand

Effectof optimized signal timings during the peak

hours is minimized due to this capacity constraint

Creating seamless connections between different

traffic directions is the best way to reduce
congestion during peak hour traffic

Recommendations - Summary
Extension of Race Course road and constraining free left
towards Cadbury coming from Tardeo does not help in
easing traffic

Use of 2 car decks as per proposal being evaluated by

BMC can help in easing traffic but does not completely
eliminate conflicts in traffic demand directions.

This will lead to significant congestion problems as the

traffic demands increase - congestion always takes a
small time to build but a very long time to clear

Recommendations - Summary
The solution proposed by Medulla-Soft (3
car decks) can be highly effective in
mitigating the effect of congestion and
can also handle increased traffic volumes
caused by addition of vehicles to the city
traffic or by other changes such as
extension of sea Link near Haji Ali

Recommendations - Summary
For an even more sustainable solution,
network level analysis and sensitivity
analysis needs to be connected wherein
rerouting network flow can result in
significant enhancement of traffic
throughput and reduction of congestion.

Recommendations - Summary
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