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Vehicle Growth

• Overall – 8.4%
• Two Wheeler  – 8.6%
• Car  – 6.3%
• Auto  – 15.64% (40,000 nos)
• Trucking entering the city daily   – 5000

Traffic Composition

• 60% of the traffic consist of Passenger vehicle
• Two Wheeler composition varies from 32-74%
• Good vehicles are high at location in the periphery

Peak Hour PCU growth

• Compounded Annual growth rate of traffic has risen from 6% in 1992 ti 17% in 2008
• Highest growth rate is observed at NSK Salai near Kodambakkam Railyway station location (17%)
• Highest vehicle volume(175051)  is found n Anna Salai near Saidapet Bridget
• Least vehicle – 4616 vehicle ply in Cowl Bazaar Road crossing Adyar River
• Peak hour factor ranges from 6.4% to 9.5%
• Maximum of 13% goods vehicles are plying on Pammal-Kunrathur Road

Road Inventory

• Total road Length- 1206 Kms
• Within City- 448 Kms
• Remaining of CMA – 758Kms

Carriage Type

Median

• Only 25% of the roads  i.e 300Kms have medians
• 900kms of road do not have medians

Road Marking

Not Available – 46%

Good               – 16%

Fair                 – 30%

Poor               – 8%

Signages

Available    – 57%

Good          – 14%

Fair             – 36%

Onstreet Parking

Present   – 41%

Absent    – 59%

Junctions

Singnalized      – 31%

Uncontrolled    – 54%

Rotary               -  13%

Grade separated – 02%

Speed & Delay

Commercial Area                 - 19 to 21 kmph

Non-commercial Area ­         – 24 to 26kmph

Anna Salai                               – 27.5 kmph

Periyar                                      – 24.5

VOC Road & Erukkancherry   – 21.3 kmphs

Chennai Bypass                         – 60.5 kmph

Pedestrian Crossing Count

Pedistrian crossing in the road junctions  in the city    -  4272 to 128008

Outside the city                                                                   – 3879 to 41122

Maximum pediestrain crossing observed at CTH road near Avadi Bus. GST Road near Tambaram bus stand and on Arcot Road at Porur junction

Cordon

• 60% of traffic orginates from Western part of the city
• 30% originates from the Southern Part city
• 10% orginates from Northern Part of the city

Good Traffic

• 25% at the inner cordon locations
• 4% at the Central Business Districts (CBD) cordon locations

Informal Activities

Total Informal Employment – 19 Lakhs (2008)