Losses due to Traffic Congestion

• Time loss for passengers

• Fuel loss
• Loss of pay for employees
• Loss of life due to not reaching hospital in time
• Increased road accidents due to over speed taken to make up the lost time
• Increased carbon dioxide emission
• More atmospheric pollution
• More diseases due to increased pollution
• Increased mental tension for passengers
• Increased cost of doing business
 How to reduce Traffic Congestion
• Infrastructure development
• Introduction of Smart Parking in Bus Stand
• Widening of busy roads
• Provide Exclusive Lanes for Public Transport
• Develop waterways wherever possible
• Expand Railway network
• Implement Metro Rails in Mithapur area
• Use Regulations and Traffic Engineering to Control Traffic
- Parking Restrictions
- Turn Restrictions
- Loading Restrictions
Use Innovative Ideas to Reduce Traffic Impacts
on Public Transport
• Queue bypasses: These are short sections of exclusive roadway located
near an intersection that enable transit vehicles to bypass congestion at the
intersection.
• Queue jumps: These are queue bypass physical improvements with the
addition of change in traffic signal timing that enables transit vehicles to
start ahead of private vehicles—essentially jumping ahead of them.
• Real time public transport lanes: These are lanes that use real time traffic
control devices (for example, changeable message signs) to clear street
lanes for public transport vehicles exactly when the PT vehicles are present;
when PT vehicles are not present the lanes are free for use by any traffic.