CE2026 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

UNIT-1
PART-A
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)

Define traffic engineering.

What are the characteristics of road users?
What are the static characteristics of vehicles?
Explain skid resistance and braking efficiency.
What is off tracking?
What are the methods of volume counting?
What are the various traffic studies?
A vehicle travelling at 40kmph was stopped within 1.8 seconds after the application of brakes.
Determine the average skid resistance.
9) Define traffic volume, density and capacity.
10) Explain the types of traffic flow characteristics.
11) What are the characteristics of roads
12) Explain the term PCU with various examples.
13) Explain the presentation of spot speed data.
14) What is the importance of origin and destination studies?
15) Explain speed and delay study in traffic engineering.
PART-B
1) A) Explain the road user characteristics
B) Vehicular characteristics in detail.
2) What are the components of traffic engineering and explain the components of road?
3)
a) In a braking test, a vehicle travelling at a speed of 30kmph was stopped by applying brakes fully
and the skid marks were 5.8m in length. Determine the average skid resistance of the pavement
surface.
b) A vehicle travelling at 40kmph was stopped within 1.8 seconds after the application of brakes.
Determine the average skid resistance.
c) A vehicle was stopped in 1.4 seconds by fully jamming the brakes and the skid marks
measured 7m. Determine the average skid resistance.

d) A vehicle moving at 40kmph speed was stopped by applying the brake and the length of skid mark
was 12.2m. If the average skid resistance of the pavement is known to be 0.70, determine the brake
efficiency of the test vehicle.
e) A vehicle has a wheel base of 6.4m . What is the off tracking while negotiating a curved path
with a mean radius of 32m.
PART-B
1. Explain in detail about traffic volume study measuring the traffic volume and presentation
of traffic volume study.
2. Explain in detail about the speed studies, measuring the speed and presentation of speed data.
3. A) Spot speed studies were carried out at a certain stretch of a highway and the
consolidated data collected are given below.
Speed range, kmph
No of vehicles
Speed range, kmph No of vehicles
observed
observed
0 to 10
12
50 to 60
255
10 to 20
18
60 to 70
119
20 to 30
68
70 to 80
43
30 to 40
89
80 to 90
33
40 to 50
204
90 to 100
9
Determine (i) the upper and lower values or speed limits for regulation of mixed traffic flow
and (ii) the design speed for checking the geometric design elements of the highway.

B) The table below gives the consolidated data of spot speed studies on a section of a road.
Determine the most preferred speed at which maximum proportion of vehicles travels.
Speed range, kmph
No of vehicles
Speed range, kmph No of vehicles
observed
observed
0 to 10
0
50 to 60
216
10 to 20
11
60 to 70
68
20 to 30
30
70 to 80
24
30 to 40
105
80 to 90
0
40 to 50
233
C) The consolidated data collected from speed and delay studies by floating car method on a
stretch of urban road of length 3.5km, running North-South are given below. Determine the
average values of volume, journey speed and running speed of the traffic stream along either
direction.
Trip No
Direction of Journey
Total
No of
No of
No of
trip
Time
stopped
vehicles
vehicles
vehicles
Min-sec
delay
overtaking overtaken
from opp.
Min-sec
Direction
1
N-S
6-32
1-40
4
7
268
2
S-N
7-14
1-50
5
3
186
3
N-S
6-50
1-30
5
3
280
4
S-N
7-40
2-00
2
1
200
5
N-S
6-10
1-10
3
5
250
6
S-N
8-00
2-22
2
2
170
7
N-S
6-28
1-40
2
5
290
8
S-N
7-30
1-40
3
2
160
4) Explain in detail about the origin and destination studies with method of collecting O & D
data, presentation of O & D data.
5) a) Explain traffic capacity study, determination of theoretical capacity, factors affecting practical
capacity, design capacity and level of service.
b) Explain passenger car unit in detail.
6) Explain accident studies, causes for accidents, accident studies and records, accident investigation.
7) A vehicle of weight 2.0 tonne skids through a distance equal to 40m before colliding with another
parked vehicle of weight 1.0 tonne. After collision both the vehicles skid through a distance equal to
12m before stopping. Compute the initial speed of the moving vehicle. Assume coefficient of friction
as 0.5.
Case (ii) When the two vehicles approaching from right angles collide
8)Explain in detail about the relationship between speed, travel time, volume, density and capacity

with appropriate diagrams and graphs.

9)Explain parking and pedestrian studies.