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 Chairing Cross to MH 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. Railway station, Military Hospital 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 long term 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 corridor, 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
