Briefly discuss main objectives of the Urban Transport Planning.
[3 marks]Discuss the parameters to be satisfied by urban mass transport systems.
[4 marks]From the data given in following table, develop trip generation equation and find R2 value. HH Size 2 1 3 2 4 6 7 5 Trips/day 6 2 8 4 12 18 20 16
[10 marks]Briefly explain with sketch the process of urbanization.
[3 marks]Compare in detail Metro Railway with BRTS.
[4 marks]Explain briefly Gravity model with its limitations and advantages for trip distribution analysis. Using a gravity model, with an impedance term of the form C-α, estimate the number of trips from zone – 2 to all other zones. Take α = 2.1 Zone Travel time to zone-2 (min) production Attractions 2 - 15000 30000
[7 marks]Find the trip interchange for the given data using Intervening Opportunity Model. Take l (zone factor) = 0.0005 for all zones. Zone 1 2 Trip Produced 1000 1500 800 Trip attracted 2000 1600 2700 The order of closeness D 1 2 O
[3 marks]Briefly discuss about various factors affecting trip production and trip attraction.
[3 marks]Briefly explain the following terms with help of a sketch of study area and zones. (i) Cordon line, (ii) Zones, (iii) Centroid of zone, (iv) Inter-zonal trip.
[4 marks]Astudy area has been divided in three zones 1, 2, 3. The present trip distribution matrix is given with future total trip productions and trip attractions. Develop the future trip distribution matrix using Average Growth Factor method. Do Page 1 of iteration process up to 2 stages. D 1 2 3 Total present Total future Oproduction production Total present 370 380 510 1260 - attraction Total future 720 750 1000 - 2470 attraction
[3 marks]What are the factors affecting individual’s choice of the travel mode?
[3 marks]Explain briefly with format: Home Interview Survey.
[4 marks]Using gravity model find the no. of trips between zones, shown in the following figure. Do iterations up to 2 stages. Assume initially Kij = 1 & α = 2.0. Calibrate the value of α after 2 iterations. P1 = 400, A1 = 01 5 min 8 min T13 = 100 T12 = 300 P3 = 0, P1 = 0,34 A3 = 400 A4 = 800 5 min 8 min T24 = 500 T23 = 3002 P2 = 800, A2 = 0
Briefly explain with flow chart ‘Lowry’s Derivative Model’.
[3 marks]Briefly discuss any two methods of route assignment analysis.
[4 marks]Amarket segment consists of 1000 individuals. Amultinomial logit mode choice model is calibrated for this market segment, resulting in the following utility function. u = β – 0.42 C – 0.032 T m where, C = out of-pocket cost (Rs.) and T = travel time (min). Values of β for m Bus transit: 0.20, Rail transit: 0.85 and Auto: 2.25. For a particular O-Dpair, the cost & travel time for these three modes are as follows. Mode Travel Time Cost (Rs.) (min) Bus 30 2.40 Rail 20 2.70 Auto 15 4.40 Predict the number of trips by each mode from this market segment.
[7 marks]Briefly describe ‘Hansen’s Accessibility Model’.
[3 marks]Explain with sketches transit routing problem. Discuss the main entities involved in transit routing. Page 2 of
[3 marks]Three zones A, Band Care connected by two lane roads as shown in figure below. The probability of choosing the car mode (P ) is found to be given by c P = 1 / (1+e-u(x)). Where, u(x) = 0.70-0.04(tt – tt ) c car bus Att = 14 min Btt = 8 min C car car tt = 18 min tt = 12 min bus bus The total trip exchanges between zones are as follows. Determine the two way volume in cars per day on the roads AB and BC, if the average car occupancy is 2.6. From To Person trips per day A B 1100 B A 0 A C 800 C A 1500 B C 900 C B 800
Give a brief note on ‘Urban Goods Movement’.
[3 marks]Briefly describe the following parameters used for transit system design: Headway, Capacity, Load factor, Passenger capacity.
[4 marks]The characteristics of two routes between two zones are given in table below. The total number of trips between these two zones is 1500 trips/hour. Assign the trips using iterative TRC trip assignment procedure. Route No. of Speed Length Critical Critical travel Ideal travel No. lanes Limit (km) Volume time (min/km) time with no (kmph) (vph/lane) volume (min/km) 1 One 50 5 800 4 2 One 70 6 1200 3
[2 marks]Briefly describe ‘Transportation System Management (TSM)’ planning and its objectives.
[3 marks]Briefly explain with sketches any two types of urban forms and structures. Suggest the suitable mass transit systems for them.
[4 marks]Construct the minimum path tree for origin node-1 using Moore’s method for a given road network in Figure-1. Travel time in minutes is shown on each link.9 Figure-1 Page 3 of
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