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
| Carriage Type | Percentage (%) | Kms |
| Two lanes undivided carriage way | 63 | 758 |
| Four Lanes Divided | 20 | 426 |
| Six lane roads (divided) | 5 | 64 |
| Four Lane Divided | 6 | 69 |
| Single Lane | 6 | 69 |
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
| Area | Category | Road Length (Km) | No.of Person | No.of person working per 100 m |
| T. Nagar | High | 8090 | 860 | 11 |
| Alwarper & Perambur | Medium | 5430 | 340 | 6 |
| Pallavaram | Low | 1630 | 59 | 4 |
Total Informal Employment – 19 Lakhs (2008)
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Source for these statistics? Year?
it is based on the Chennai corporation and Wilbur smith data of 2008-09
why not give details of accidents; area wise: fatal and non fatal: vehicle wise and age of fatal victims