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Determination Of Headway And Average Travel Speed Of Vehicles
[Case study of post office-Kwara State Polytechnic permanent Site Car park Road]
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1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
The objective of the project include the following.
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To check on the maintenance of normal headway of vehicle trading from
post office to the permanent site of kwara state polytechnic Car Park.
2. To consider the usual time taken for a vehicle traversing the road due to indiscriminate parking along the road side.
3. To check on the average travel speed of different vehicles on the road (Post-Office to Kwara State Polytechnic Car Park).
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To consider the journey speed of vehicle trading from post office to
Kwara State Polytechnic Car Park Including all delays.
1.4 METHODOLOGY
The
method of study can be defined as the techniques that will be used to
carry out the research work on both roads. So, the various methods that
will be employed to carry out this research include:
1. Reconnaissance survey.
2. Field Study.
3. Manual and mechanical Traffic Count.
4. Analysis of Data.
1.4 SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
This
project work is limited to the procedures involved in making standard
policy and good comfort on our road network especially Post Office to
Kwara State Polytechnic permanent site, Ilorin and putting in mind, the
shortenings of improper implementation of road network policies. The
project will be lucid enough to be as a guide that will allow our road
maintenance agencies to know the effect of base functionality of our
road network and to provide suitable correction for each problem stated.
1.5 JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT
The
failure of the existing strategies used in the provision of standard
maintenance of road traffic flow as left many road users in
transportation difficulties. For every road which is a busy type such as
post office to Kwara State Polytechnic permanent site there should be
an adequate maintenance of the traffic flow so as to reduce or curb away
every set backs faced by the road users.
The outcomes and associated
outputs of this project work would enable our government to provide
adequate measure on the superior and maintenance of our road to avoid
further occurrence of road problems.
Finally this study would
stimulate research in new and other research areas that are hokey to
provide useful data to in form policy making planning decision and
advocacy efforts on our road.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTSince it is compulsory that people and goods move from one part of the country to the other or within particular defined regional area, the facilities used for this purpose need to be well planned, designed and constructed. Inadequate and unplanned traffic control constitute a lot of problems resulting in delay, congestion, immobility to uneasy access to transport etc. This project is to determine the headway and average travel speed of vehicles (Case study of post office- Kwara State Po ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLESTable Title 3.1 The table below shows the Analysis of Different Travel Time of Vehicles for the Determination of Their Headways.3.2 Vehicle Composition for Both Direction on Monday 1st May, 2017 at Post Office – Maraba Road. 3.3 Vehicle Composition for Both Direction on Monday 2nd May, 2017 at Post Office – Maraba Road.3.4 Vehicle composition for both Directio ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page Declaration Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of content List of Table CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Statement of the Problem 1.2 Aim of the Project 1.3 Objectives of the Project 1.3 Methodology 1.4 Scope of the Project 1.5 Justification of the Project CHAPTER TWO2.0 Literature Review 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Delay Studies ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 15 ]CHAPTER TWO2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW2.1 INTRODUCTIONThis chapter deals with the literature aspect, of this project deal mostly to the review of work done earlier in such aspects in order to assist in the planning and execution of this project.2.2 DELAY STUDIES Delay is the time lost to travel due to traffic frictions and traffic control devices. It is usually express in seconds or second per vehicle delay information is recorded when the traffic flow is stopped or greatly impeded. ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 9 ]The formular used in the data collected for traffic delay studies is given by.T=Nt/Vwhere;T=Average travel time N=Total density of trafficV=Time volume of vehicle counted. ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Average daily traffic volume for afternoon.from the table,the average traffic volume is calculated for afternoon as:- ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVECONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION5.1 CONCLUSION In the analysis of the result, having considered the Headway and Average time taken for vehicle to cover the distance of post office to Kwara state polytechnic permanent site road. It can be infer that the headway between different commercial vehicles traversing the road is steady due to the time interval of parking analyzed in the table. When there is high influx of people e.g students, the headway between two vehicles tends to be mi ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESA.E. Radwan, S. Kalevela Investigation of the effect of change invehicular characteristics on highway capacity and level of service, Transportation research record, transportation research board, vol. 1005, National Research Council, Washington (DC) (1985) P. 65–71Adeoti, K.A. (2012): Lecturer note on Traffic Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering. Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.D.L. Harkey, H.D. Robertson, S.E. Davis Assessment of current speed zoning criteria, Transport ... Continue reading---
