A stochastic analysis of transportation system in J&K
Ubaid Illahi
Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir , IN
Burhan-ul- wafa
Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir , IN
Ruhhee Tabbussum
Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir , IN
Keywords: vicious circle of congestion, heterogeneity, road safety, vehicle occupancy, sustainable mobility
Abstract
The rapid growth of population in urban areas of developing cities has resulted in massive traffic congestion and the various difficulties associated with it. The solution to this challenging issue is to achieve a sustainable system of transportation. The essentiality of sustainable transportation can be understood by the concept of vicious circle of congestion in which the road infrastructure to be provided is directly proportional to the demand which delays the problem instead of solving it as it is unfeasible to increase the road infrastructure in the later stages due to ribbon development.The sustainable mobility is a very complex engineering science and cannot be generalised everywhere in the world due to social, cultural, geographical and environment diversifications. In this analysis, an attempt has been made to study the sustainability of the transportation system in Jammu and Kashmir, the northern most state of India. The current approach followed in Jammu and Kashmir is Vehicle Oriented Approach (VOA), whereas, the rise in the traffic congestion problems show that this is not a fundamental approach and People Oriented Approach (POA) is strongly recommended at the planning stage to solve the problem sustainably. Instead of increasing the road capacity by road widening, underpasses, flyover, etc., there is a need to adopt the optimization techniques in traffic management and focus should be on decreasing the traffic volume. Emphasis should be laid on various sustainable modes of transportation like walkability, bicycling, Non-Motorized Transportation (NMT), water transportation, Bus Rapid Transportation System (BRTS), etc. It would be wise to leapfrog by considering the condition of developed cities that have already faced and overcome this problem. One of the best examples of such developed nations is
Netherlands, where remarkable changes have been observed in the liveability and mobility after adopting the sustainable transportation systems.
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