SPEED- FLOW STUDIES AND CAPACITY ANALYSIS OF MULTILANE ROADS (KEY IJP************896)

• Akhilesh Kumar Dubey,Pardeep

Abstract

India has a road network of over 54,72,144 kms (3,400,233 mi) as on 31 March 2015, the second largest road network in the world. At 1.66 km of roads per square km of land, the quantitative density of India's road network is higher than that of Japan (0.91) and the United States (0.67), and far higher than that of China (0.46), Brazil (0.18) and Russia (0.08). However, qualitatively India's roads are a mix of modern highways and narrow, unpaved roads, and are being improved. As on 31 March 2015, 61.05% of Indian roads were paved. Adjusted for its large population, India has less than 3.8 kms of roads per 1000 people, including all its paved and unpaved roads. In terms of quality, all season, 4 or more lane highways. India has less than 0.07 kms of highways per 1000 people, as of 2010.