ROADS
Area covered by roads: 5%Total Length of Road: 53.71 kmDensity of Roads in Ward: 8.59 km/sq. km
Areas covered by study:• Road Hierarchy• Footpaths• Streetlights• Public Transports• Road Signs• Parking• Traffic Analysis
General Prof il e
Road Types Space Standards (m)
Design Speed (kmph)
Urban Expressway 50-60 80
Arterial Road 50-80 50Sub-Arterial
Road 30-50 50
Collector Road 12-30 30
Local Road 12-20 10-20
Access Road 6-15 15
Road TypesRoad
Distribution (km)
Road Density (km/km^2)
Internal Roads 16.63 2.66
Access Roads 28.97 4.63
Local Roads 3.67 0.58
Collector Roads 1.86 0.29
Sub-Arterial Roads 2.52 0.40
Total 53.71 8.59
Source: URDPFI (January 2015)
Road Hierarchy
Primary Collector RoadsROW 30-40 m
Speed Range 20-30 km/hour
Speed Control Enforcement and traffic calming required
Bus ways for BRT Segregated bus ways possible on ROW above 36 m
Cycle Tracks Cycle tracks to be minimum 2.5 m wide if block lengths are above 250 m
Motorized Lanes 2 to 3 motorized lanes per direction
Service Lanes No service lane required
Medians Intermittent or no medianSource: URDPFI
Sub- a r te r ia l Roa d
Collector Roads
ROW 12-20 m
Speed Range 10-20 km/hour
Speed Control Traffic calming required
Bus ways for BRT No segregated bus ways
Cycle Tracks No cycle tracks
Motorized Lanes No minimum lane width
Service Lanes No service lane required
Medians No median
Col l ector Road
Local Roads
Access Roads
Internal Roads
Use Width
Residential/Mixed Use Areas 1.8 m
Commercial/Mixed Use 2.5 m
Shopping Frontage 3.5- 4.5 m
BUS Stops 3 m
High Intensity Commercial Areas 4 m
Source: URDPFI
Footpaths
St reet l ights
AC B
A- Below the lamp- Maximum value of LuminosityB- Middle of the road- Vehicular visibilityC- Side of the road- Pedestrian visibility
UTTIPEC Master plan 2021 for Roads
BIS 1981 SLB for Urban Transport
Non-shopping areas= 30 LUXShopping areas= 20 to 25 LUX
Sub-arterial roads= 15 LUXLocal Roads= 4 LUXCollector Roads= 4 LUXAccess Roads= 4 LUX
All roads should have 8 LUX
Luminosit y
St reet l ight A de quac y
40
20
60
0
ResidentialCommercialMixed-Use
•Total no. of BRTS bus stops: 4•Total no. of AMTS bus stops: 34: •33% of the people use Public Transport.
Publ ic Transport
Road Signs
Mandatory/Regulatory
Speed Limit
Only BRTS
Cycle Track
Give Way
No Parking
Cautionary/Warning
Gap in Median
Bump Ahead
School Ahead
Narrow Road Ahead
Gap in Median
Cross-Road Ahead
Work in Progress
T-Junction Ahead
Informatory
AMTS
Directions
Parking
Parking
Traf f ic A na l y s is
Towards Sabarmati Railway Station(Road 2)- Local Road2887+950= 3,837
Towards Adalaj(Road 3)- Sub-arterial Road3162+4693= 7,855
Towards RTO Circle(Road 1)- Local Road4086+7548= 11,634
Towards Torrent Power Plant(Road 4)- Access Road10+4= 14
4086
4
4693(4300)
2887
7548
950
3162 (4300)
10
Evening – 7:30 to 8:3030th March 2015
AEC Circle
Issues: Interventions:
Some Slums have no street lights. Provision of10 to 15 low mast streetlights.
High mast floodlight is inadequate. More lights around the high mast floodlight.
The residential areas on the left towards the end of Motera road lack street lights
completely.
Provision of street lights in the newly developed areas.
Many street lights are not in a working condition.
Maintenance and alternate spacing of trees and street lights.
Low luminance due to the growth of trees.
Timely trimming of the extra branches blocking the street lights.
STREET LIGHTS
Issues: Interventions:
Presence of un-signalized junctions Timely maintenance of traffic lights.
Absence of traffic policemen. Provision of traffic policemen on major junctions to reduce congestion.
Non working signalsProvision of safer pedestrian crossings
and pathways on junctions.
Junctions
Issues and Interv ent ions
Streetlights
Issues: Interventions:
Low visibility due to obstruction or poor
maintenance.
Timely trimming of trees to increase visibility.
Some signs are bent over which are not serving their
purpose.
Proper maintenance to increase visibility.
Provision of more signs where there is more of traffic, conflict points and
congestion to increase safety.
Issues: Interventions:
Narrow, unusable footpaths provided on roads which do not
require them.
Increase in width of footpaths on wide roads to encourage pedestrian movement.
Hawkers and parking of vehicles on the footpaths reducing
pedestrian movement.
Provision of footpath only where required.
Dilapidated footpaths on most of the roads.
Reduction in onsite parking on footpaths.
Blockage of footpaths due to broken street furniture.
Maintenance of street furniture on the footpaths.
Road signs
Footpaths
Issues and Interv ent ions Cont .
Issues:• High traffic is seen especially in the market area due
to parking of two-wheelers as well as four wheelers on the narrow congested roads.
• There is also a spill over of parking outside the market areas due to insufficient parking.
• There are a very less percentage of roads having legal parking on the site. Rest all the parking observed was illegal.
• Due to insufficient parking, People park on the footpaths and that creates congestion.
Interventions:Some of parking in and around the high density parking areas can be diverted to nearby vacant plots that are currently used as dumpsites. The areas are shows as follows:
12:30 PM
Issues and Interv ent ions Cont .
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