CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT USING SERVICE LEVEL BENCHMARKS

Abstract

Due to tremendous increase of road traffic with increase in population, vehicle ownership and individual mobility, there is a growth in traffic congestion, delays and accidents. The present transportation infrastructure is inadequate to cater to this traffic. In order to alleviate these problems, corridor management is necessary. Complete monitoring and understanding corridor enable us to know deficiencies in the transportation. One of the such approach is Service Level Benchmarking(SLB). Level of Service for study area (Visakhapatnam) is found using the concept of SLBs(MoUD). Public Transport, Pedestrian Infrastructure, Non-Motorised Transport, ITS facilities, Travel speeds, Road Safety, Parking facilities, Pollution levels, Land Use Transport Integration are the parameters considered to find the Overall LOS of the city's urban transport. The current service level benchmarking concept is commented which enables us to make necessary changes in it. Visakhapatnam is addressed with adhoc measures to improve the performance of urban transport.