SAFETY ANALYSIS AND LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS) EVALUATION FOR AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE METRO RAIL CORRIDORS IN SMART CITY PUNE

SAFETY ANALYSIS AND LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS) EVALUATION FOR AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE METRO RAIL CORRIDORS IN SMART CITY PUNE

Basavaraj Pachapur¹, Vinay Deulkar², Jitendra Chouhan³

¹Post Graduate Student, Jawaharlal Institute of Technology, Borawan, Khargone (M.P.)

²Professor, Transportation Engineering Jawaharlal Institute of Technology, Borawan, Khargone (M.P.)

³Professor Transportation Engineering Jawaharlal Institute of Technology, Borawan, Khargone (M.P.)

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Abstract - Infrastructure development is key for economic growth of a country. However, poorly planned and deficiently designed infrastructure facilities becomes hazardous to the public.  This leads to frequent fatalities in densely crowded cities like Pune. To minimizing fatalities by improving existing infrastructure facilities is game changer to overcome this problem. In India and around the globe many crowded cities are transforming with Metro rail networks to make urbanites life easy. In this study we have analyzed safety measures and evaluated Level of Service (LOS) for At-Grade intersections, along metro rail corridors in Pune city. This study gives good to fare idea about current safety situation of At-Grade junction based on various parameters viz.  Junction Design, Pedestrian Facilities, Public Transport Facilities, Impact of Metro Infrastructure etc. The data used in this study is mostly open sourced data from Mappls RealView 360, Google Street View and site inventory. This study can be used for wide scale implementation for crowded cities, which may helpful in multimodal infrastructure development.

Key Words:  Level of Service, LOS, Safety Analysis, At-Grade Intersection, Junction Design.