• Lokesh K
• Shobhan Majumder

Traffic congestion is a major phenomenon in most of the cities. Congestion resulting in delays, fuel wastage and money loss. Therefore, the study sought to measure the traffic congestion on the selected road NH-206 in Shivamogga city of Karnataka, India. The study employed an analysis of travel time through the study stretch. This study is to evaluate congestion of urban sub arterial road in terms of travel time indices during peak hours of a working day and non-working day. To do this, various existing travel time reliability indices are considered and are examined. Travel time measures such as Travel Time Index (TTI), Buffer Time Index (BTI) and Congestion Index (CI) are studied. The study revealed that the study stretch considered was under LOS E at present and is under the influence of traffic congestion. And also it was identified that lack of supply with respect to capacity of the road was the main cause of traffic congestion. The study recommends increasing the capacity of the study stretch i.e., to convert present two-lane undivided highway to six lane divided highway to manage traffic congestion in the study stretch as a short-term measure

Urban traffic, Congestion index, Level of service, Heterogeneous traffic

"Evaluation of Traffic Congestion on Urban Road", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.52-57, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCU06011.pdf

"Evaluation of Traffic Congestion on Urban Road", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp52-57, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCU06011.pdf