Traffic Impact Assessment

A traffic impact assessment is done to understand the existing traffic condition around the site
and to estimate the traffic generation and parking requirements due to the development activities
and to identify possible transportation issues related to the proposed site development.
The TIA report consists of an evaluation of the parking arrangement, internal circulation and the
traffic management measures that are required to handle the present and anticipated future traffic
in the vicinity of the area.
The areas that need be addressed are as follows,
 Existing situation around the considered area, traffic distribution and the details of the
development.
 Traffic management.
 Public transport and pedestrian facilities.
 Traffic/trip generations.
 Parking arrangement and onsite/off site vehicle circulation.
 Conclusions and recommendations.
We can gather the following information from a TIA report.
 What type of effect will the development have on the surrounding transport facilities?
 The magnitude of additional traffic due to the development to the existing traffic.
 How will the additional traffic effect the current traffic?
 Recommendations to alleviate or minimize the impact.
Existing conditions
1. Site location

The site

 The site is located alongside the Colombo-Galle highway (A02)

 The nearest railway station to the development area is the Galle railway station.
 The nearest hospitals are,
1. Teaching hospital Mahamodara.
2. Ruhunu hospital (15 min away from the property).
3. Asiri hospital Galle (10 min away from the property).
 The nearest bus stops are,
1. Jetwing lighthouse bus stop.
2. Walawwatta 1st lane bus stop.
The road network nearby the site is as follows,

Mahamudali Mawatha

Colombo-Galle Highway (A2)

Site Map

According to Urban Development Authority a plan should be submitted prior to TIA, showing all
roads and intersections up to a distance of 100 meters from each entry or exit proposed for the
development. When preparing the plan following features were taken into account.

1. Pedestrian Crossing (PC)

2. Bus halts (BH) Bus shelters(BS) and bus bays (BB)
3. Drive ways and other private roads
4. Sidewalks (SW)
5. Road signs, signals and Road markings
6. Width of roads (in meters)
7. Center Median (CM)
8. Intersections (types)
9. Lamp post and road
Following shows the site map for the proposed site.
 Traffic Impact Analysis
Road network

Width (m)
Connection to
Road Type
Main corridors
Site

Galle-Colombo
Highway Yes - --------
Road (A02)

 The land use can be considered as residential and industrial.

Traffic flows

 2hr traffic count was done at Galle-Colombo highway during,

1. Morning peak 7.00 am – 9.00 am, where the vehicle count was 2218 towards
Galle.
2. Morning peak 7.00 am – 9.00 am, where the vehicle count was 1068 towards
Colombo.
3. Evening peak 4.00 pm – 7.00 pm, where the vehicle count was 1499 towards
Galle.
4. Evening peak 4.00 pm -7.00 pm, where the vehicle count was 2148 towards
Colombo.

Peak Hour Traffic Volume:

1. Morning peak hour (8.00 am – 9.00 am)

Proposed
Site

To Colombo 587

1253 To Galle
 2. Evening peak hour (5.00 pm- 6.00 pm)

Proposed
Site

To Colombo 1112

646 To Galle

Car Parking Considerations

The proposed construction site will provide 93 parking slots including 77 car parking
slots and 16 motorcycle slots.

Trip Generation
The impact on the AM and PM peak periods of the surrounding road network will be
associated with the arrival and departure of the residents once the apartment finishes the
construction work.

 Assuming that all the parking slots are full and that all the residents leave for work during
the AM peak and arrive back to the apartment during PM peak.

 Assuming 80% of the residents go to work in Colombo direction and the remaining in the
opposite direction.
 1. After Construction AM peak hour site generated traffic

Proposed
Site
To Colombo
19 74 587
1253
To Galle
2. After construction PM peak hour site generated traffic

Proposed
Site

19 To Colombo 1112
646 74
To Galle
Vehicle flow pattern within the proposed site

The vehicles circulate as shown in above figure above. Entry and exit are provided together.
Dimensions of parking slots

 Dimensions of parking lots.

Parking lots are provided in the ground floor.
Width of a car parking lot is 2409 mm, and length of the parking lot is 4819 mm.
Width of a motorcycle lot is 917 mm and length of 1835 mm.
Passenger pickup/drop-off area
The area for passenger pick up/drop off is provided in the ground floor plan.
Road Dimensions

Both the entry and exit are provided together. The width of the road is 7792 mm.
Parking Arrangement
Following the schedule III – Parking and traffic control – (Regulation 31) were used for the
Traffic Impact Assessment mentioned as below in Table.

No. Standard Site Condition Acceptable/

Unacceptable
02. The dimensions of car parking stalls
shall be:
a) Minimum stall width- 2.4 meters
b) Minimum stall length- 4.8 meters
c) Minimum stall length for parallel
parking - 5.4 meters

03. Form The requirement of minimum width

‘F’ of aisles,
Parking For two- Bays on
Angle in way traffic one side
Degrees road (m) (m)
000 6.0 3.6
Parallel
900 7.3 6.0

04. The width of access to parking area

shall not be less than 5.5 m if entry
and exit are provided together.

05. The maximum gradient of ramps

shall not be steeper than 1 in 8.
09. (a) Only one entrance and exit point for
sites with a road frontage width less
than 12m is to be permitted:
provided that the authority may be
consider permitting not more than
two entrance and exit point for sites
if the road frontage width exceeds
12m.
09. (c) Where it is necessary to provide for
more than 50 parking stalls in any
development, such development
shall not permitted within 50m from
the intersection of any two roads
which have an average traffic flow
 of 10,000 vehicles per day, on each
road, or 20, 000 vehicles at the
junction;
09. (d) “Mirrored glass” or any other
reflecting material shall not be used
facing a public street, for the ground,
first and second floors of any
building.