2. Department of City and Regional planning
Subject : Transportation Engineering
Practical: TrafficCountSurvey
Time: 01:20pm to 02:20pm Practical Duration 01 hour
Date: 20 March 2016
Introduction
Traffic count studies are conducted to determine the number, movements, and
classifications of roadway vehicles at a given location. These data can help identify critical
flow time periods, determine the influence of large vehicles or pedestrians on vehicular traffic
flow, or document traffic volume trends. The length of the sampling period depends on the
type of count being taken and the intended use of the data recorded. There are two types of
traffic count survey (i) Manual traffic count and (ii) Automatic count survey. And we select the
manual traffic count survey.
Manual counts are typically used to gather data for determination of vehicle
classification, turning movements, direction of travel, pedestrian movements, or vehicle
occupancy.
MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGYJAMSHORO SINDH
3. SITE: - PUNAM PUMP TO QASIM CHOWK HYDERABAD
Punam petroleum is a root or way which connects to the Highway, city gate and others
linkages. We see a variety of vehicles moving into and out of the city Hyderabad e.g.; Buses,
cars, Trucks, rickshaws, bikes, vans etc. We have chosen the way or road from Punam
petroleum pump to Qasimchowk Hyderabad and observed their number, intensity, which is
given as follows:
Sr: No: Vehicles Name No: of vehicle Percentage %
01 Car 331 27.69%
02 Truck/ Bus 44 3.86%
03 Rickshaw 258 21.58%
04 Bike 418 34.97%
05 Van/ 2KV 95 7.94%
08 Others 49 4.10%
Total 1195 100%
𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 =
𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑣𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠
× 100%
4. Scope of TrafficCount Survey:
Effectiveness of a traffic control measure.
To check existing, operating service condition of a roadway section.
Planning traffic operation and control of existing facility
To design intersection, signals timings channelization.
Structural design of pavements, geometric design and roadway
capacity.
Punam Petrole Pump to Qasim chowk Hyderabad
Car
Truck/ Bus
Rikshaw
Bike
Van/ 2kv
others
