Abstract:
Due to ever expanding population and urbanization, there exists an extreme
issue of traffic congestion on major city roads. Similar situation is currently
being faced on Mall Road Rawalpindi especially starting from GPO Intersection
to EME Mess Intersection due to existence of commercial hub, expansive
number of intersections within few kilometers, nonexistence of city bypass and
presence of key installations on its outskirts i.e. GHQ, Military Hospital, PC
Hotel and various schools and colleges. Despite of various short-term
congestion mitigation measures taken by city authorities in the past few years,
problem of traffic congestion on this road is still on the rise. With this
perspective, this project was undertaken to carry out a detail analysis of
selected road section and intersections to propose a permanent viable solution.
Necessary traffic data was obtained with the help of traffic police and on-site
video recording. PTV VISSIM Software was used to simulate the existing level
of service which ultimately helped in identification of key issues as well as
finding viable solutions to make the selected road section a signal fee signal
free passage, which included flyover, underpass, signal optimization and
provision of additional and exclusive lanes. Implementation of this project will
not only help in minimizing congestion and improving travel time but will also
create an overall positive environmental impact on surrounding
