ASSIGNMENT TITLE

Basic steps involved toward the planning of an

urban highway, include a comprehensive flow
chart at the end of the report:
ASSIGNMENT # 1

NAME: Nadir Murtaza

REG# 16-CE-136
SECTION: D
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY TAXILA

DEPARTMENT: CIVIL ENGINEERING

Urban Highway Planning:
The process by which new highways and other transportation facilities along
with the improvements to the old facilities are systematically designed,
adequately tested, and their future construction is properly programmed is
called Urban Highway Planning.

Urban highway
Any road or street within the boundaries of an urban area. An urban area is an
area including and adjacent to a municipality or urban place with a population
of 5,000 or more. The boundaries of urban areas are fixed by state highway
departments, subject to the approval of the Federal Highway Administration, for
purposes of the Federal-Aid Highway Program.
Brief Explanation:
It can also be defined as:
Activities that:
1. Collect information on performance
2. Identify existing and forecast future system performance levels
3. Identify solutions regarding highways is called “Highway Planning”.
Highway planners must continually be aware of the heavy responsibilities they
bear.
Thus in preparing schemes for a single highway or complicated highway
network, care must always be taken to ensure that:
– Project is not treated in isolation
– It must be treated as an integral part of whole Transportation
System
Entire planning process should be regarded as a definite step in the
advancement of environmental progress and not just as a concrete attempt to
relieve congested traffic conditions.

Stages of Highway Development:

However, improperly planned, designed, constructed, and maintained highway
scan disrupt the social and economic characteristics of any size community.
There are key steps for integrating environmental considerations into the
planning, scheduling, construction, and maintenance of highways
Why urban Highway Planning is necessary?
Highway planning is essential due to following reasons
 Increase in population
 Growth of number of vehicles
 Increase in use of vehicles
 Density of growth in different areas
 Existing state of highway systems

Urban Highway Planning:

The process by which new highways and other transportation facilities along with
the improvements to the old facilities are systematically designed, adequately
tested, and their future construction is properly programmed in urban territories is
called Urban Highway Planning. Now we are going to apply basic elements of
transportation upon urban highway planning.
THE PROCESS APPLICATION TO HIGHWAYS
FLOW CHART:

Inventory transportation
facilities
Situation Definition Measure travel patterns
Review Prior studies
Define Objectives-Reduce travel
Time Establish criteria-avg delay
Problem Definition Time Define Constrains
Establish design standards

Consider options-location
Search For Solutions & types
Toll charges

For each option determine

Analysis Of  Cost
performance  Traffic flow
 Impact

For urban highway project find

 Benefits VS. Cost
Evaluation OF  Profitability
Alternatives  Cost-effectiveness

Consider factors involved

 Revenue Cost forecast
Choice Of Project  Site location
 Political judgment

Design of highway &

Construction construction plans

The transportation
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Additional land needed for the project is purchased.

Project
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Construction

References:
1): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport
2): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport
3): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport
4):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_engineering
5): https://www.academia.edu/
6): https://definedterm.com/urban_highway

7): https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/tsp/fhwasa15089/chap6.cfm