Politics · India · 4 hrs ago
Delhi to study traffic and safety on 2,205km of roads
Delhi’s Public Works Department is studying traffic and road safety across roads in the South, North and East zones.
The exercise covers 2,205.68km across 1,796 roads and is expected to take three months.
The department will spend ₹11.17 crore on the work, using traffic data and digital models to recreate conditions on individual roads and at intersections.
Congestion has worsened, with bottlenecks linked to rising vehicle numbers, limited road capacity, parking and poorly designed intersections.
The models will let planners test changes such as signal timings, turn lanes and road layouts before deciding whether to make them on the ground.
A road safety audit will also examine accident-prone stretches and risks to pedestrians and cyclists, including problems with lighting, signs and crossings.
The department will recommend changes based on the findings, including safer crossings, better lighting and redesigned junctions.
Delhi’s Public Works Department will study traffic and road safety on 2,205.68km of roads across the city’s South, North and East zones.
The ₹11.17-crore study will cover 1,796 roads and is expected to be completed within three months.
Digital traffic models will be used to test possible ways to ease congestion before changes are made on the ground.
A road safety audit will examine accident-prone stretches and conditions for pedestrians and cyclists.
The study follows rising congestion and road accidents, which the department report links to factors including rising vehicle numbers and poorly designed intersections.
- Who
- Delhi’s Public Works Department (PWD).
- What
- It will conduct a traffic simulation study and road safety audit. The work will cover 2,205.68km of roads.
- When
- The study is expected to be completed within three months. Its start date is not stated.
- Where
- Roads in Delhi’s South, North and East zones.
- Why
- To assess traffic congestion and road safety and identify possible improvements. The sources cite rising vehicle numbers, inadequate road capacity and poorly designed intersections among factors contributing to congestion.
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The PWD will collect traffic, road and pedestrian data for the simulation exercise.
Data will be used to model roads and intersections and test possible traffic solutions.
A road safety audit will examine road design and conditions, with attention to accident-prone stretches and vulnerable road users.
The study is expected to be completed.
- Total road length
- 2,205.68km
- Roads covered
- 1,796
- Study cost
- ₹11.17 crore
- South Zone
- 270 roads spanning 426.28km
- North Zone
- 1,137 roads covering 1,374.76km
- East Zone
- 389 roads stretching across 404.64km
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The collected data will be fed into specialised traffic simulation software to create virtual models of individual roads and intersections.