International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 05 Issue: 04 | Apr-2018 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2018, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 6.171 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 2557 Sustainability Assessment Considering Traffic Congestion Parameters in Nagpur City Sourabh C. Ladhi 1 , Sujesh D. Ghodmare 2 , Bharati B. Sayankar 3 1 M.Tech Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, GHRCE, Nagpur, India 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, GHRCE, Nagpur, India 3 Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, GHRCE, Nagpur, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - Metropolitan cities of developing nations are attempting execution of rail based transit systems, particularly metro rail, as an answer to problems of swiftly increasing travel demand and urban traffic congestion, keeping in view the target of sustainable development. Traffic congestion is mainly caused due to constantly increasing number of private vehicles, which in turn had primarily attributed for low level of service on roads. Traffic congestion causes social, environmental and economic effects. Therefore there is need to shift commuters from private & public transport on roads to rail based transit system. This paper compares present traffic situation considering parameters like Queue Length, LOS, Delay, Emission and Fuel Consumption with futuristic traffic condition after implementation of metro rail. Key Words: Traffic Congestion, Queue Length, Level of Service (LOS), Delay, Emissions, Fuel Consumption 1. INTRODUCTION Many metropolitan cities are facing serious problems related to traffic congestion, road accidents & environmental pollution due to increasing traffic demand. These problems are more serious in cities of the developing countries. Traffic congestion leads to travel time delay, fuel consumption, environment & health problems and low speed traffic volume. The lack of public transportation facility is responsible for increasing private transportation system which ultimately causes traffic congestion. Many areas in Nagpur city still don’t have proper access to Public Transportation System (PTS). Nagpur city faces traffic congestion problems mostly at different road intersections due to rapid infrastructure development & increasing population. This necessitates adopting strategy to debilitate private transit modes and support PTS once the traffic volume along any transit corridor in one way surpasses 8000 people per hour. Execution of rail based Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) becomes essential. MRTS provides vast benefits like lowering air pollution levels, travel time saving, accident reduction, traffic congestion reduction and fuel saving. Implementation of Nagpur Metro is aimed to increase use of PTS along with the decrease in usage of private transport and to directly or indirectly benefit people using transportation system. 2. LITERATURE REVIEW Aditya Sohoni et al. (2017) investigated mode shifting behavior for Mumbai Metro. The investigation included drafting, executing and testing Revealed Preference (RP) & Stated Preference (SP) questionnaire surveys. The RP survey was performed on commuters commuting on newly functional east-west metro corridor, while SP survey was performed on commuters residing across the corridor of proposed additional metro. Sequential estimation method was adopted to estimate econometric mode choice model from combined RP & SP dataset. Manfred Boltze et al. (2016) proposed sustainable traffic management approaches to cope with problems like traffic congestion, pollution & accidents in megacities of developing countries. The approaches proposed to address traffic problems are control transport demand, control modal choice, dynamic & situation responsive operation of transport infrastructure, intelligent transport systems, traffic safety, environmental impacts, sustainable financing of transportation system & good institutional framework for intermodal transport. Vineet Chauhan et al. (2016) studied commuters mode choice behavior for Delhi PTS & found out causes for shift of commuters into metro transit system from buses and Private Motor Vehicles (PMV). In order to predict if existing metro commuters have switched from PMV or buses and to estimate mode usage of metro users before metro service commencement, binomial logistic regression model was developed. The cannibalization effect i.e. shift of travellers within same category of travel modes like public transport, considering shift from buses to metro was studied. Niraj Sharma et al. (2014) converted the Delhi Metro ridership into equivalent numbers of road vehicles which would have been on road in absence of metro. This concept was used to assess vehicular emissions saved due to reduction in number of road vehicles along metro corridor. Also the sensitivity analysis for emission saved was done considering parameters like engine technology and type of fuel. Yuanqing Wang et al. (2013) evaluated mode shift behavior due to commencement of metro system in Xian city in China. SP survey was performed along metro