Traffic Congestion PowerPoint Presentation, congestion costs, fuel loss, time loss

1. Traffic Congestion

2. Traffic congestion at Sao Paulo.
Sao Paulo has the world's
worst traffic jams.

3. Congestion on a
city road in Moscow

4. A traffic jam in the Himalayas
(Garhwal hills, India)

5. Bangkok is notorious for its traffic
congestion.

6. Congestion on a street in Taipei

7. Congestion caused by evacuees fleeing
Hurricane Rita. Traffic in all lanes of the highway
is traveling in the same direction.

8. Traffic Jam in Delhi, India

9. Time loss due to congestion
More than 500 million passengers
travel by road every day, worldwide.
If a passenger loses 2 minute
everyday , in traffic congestion,
total annual time loss is
700,000 YEARS !!!

10. Time loss due to congestion
Yes, Unbelievable, but true. We lose man time
equivalent to 700,000 years , every year, because
of traffic congestion.
Calculation :
Number of road passengers / day = 500,000,000
Average time loss / person per day = 2 minute
Total time loss / day = 1,000,000,000 minutes
Total time loss for a year = 365,000,000,000 minutes
= 365,000,000,000 / ( 60 * 24 * 365 ) = 700,000 YEARS

11. Monetary loss due to congestion
Traffic jams cost Moscow
USD 1.3 billion a year.
Traffic congestion costs the South
African business USD 18 billion a year.
Traffic congestion in Dhaka eats up
USD 3 billion a year.

12. Monetary loss due to congestion
Traffic Congestion cost of
US cities ranges between
USD 35 billion to USD 48 billion.
US loses roughly 2 % of GNP
in traffic congestion
UK loses 5 % of GNP

13. Traffic Congestion Costs

14. Traffic Congestion

15. Losses due to Traffic Congestion
• Wasting time of motorists and passengers.
• Fuel loss.
• Loss of pay for employees.
• Loss of life due to not reaching hospital in
time.
• Increased road accidents due to over
speed taken to make up the lost time.

16. Losses due to Traffic Congestion
• Increased carbon dioxide emission.
• More atmospheric pollution.
• More diseases due to increased pollution.
• Increased mental tension for passengers.

17. Losses due to Traffic Congestion
• Increased cost of travel.
• Increased cost of transporting products.
• Increased cost of doing business.

18. Losses due to Traffic Congestion
• Wear and tear on vehicles leading to more
frequent repairs and replacements.
• Stressed and frustrated motorists,
encouraging road rage and reduced health
of motorists

19. Ambulance trapped in Traffic Jam

20. Vehicle pollution

21. Traffic Congestion & Road accidents
1.2 million people are killed in road
accidents every year.
Over speed resulting from time lost in
traffic jams is a major cause for road
accidents.
At least 120,000 lives can be saved, every
year, if traffic congestions are reduced.

22. Road Accidents

23. Traffic congestion detector in
Germany

24. How to reduce Traffic Congestion
• Infrastructure development.
• Express highways to be built.
• Private participation in road development.
• Low budget development of junctions.
• Reduction of Junctions.
• Widening of busy roads.

25. How to reduce Traffic Congestion
• More public transport systems.
• Develop waterways wherever possible.
• Expand Railway network.
• Implement Metro Rails in Metros and big
cities.
• Promote Suburban railways.

26. How to reduce Traffic Congestion
• Promote Car pooling.
• Urban planning and design.
• Reversible lanes ( certain sections of highway
operate in the opposite direction on different times
of the day/ days of the week, to match asymmetric
demand )
• Free / subsidized public transport systems

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( Presentation by Er. C.J. Johnson MIE )
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