• Dr. (Lt) M. S. Jadhav

Road transport is essential to achieving most Sustainable Development Goals (UN, 2017&2020) of UN’s 2030 Agenda. Road Transport is a critical infrastructure for the economic development of a country (GoI MRT&H, 2021) . The transportation network is a crucial to ease of movement of resources, people and goods to accelerate the economic development and social prosperity. Road transport network provided door to door service hence growing continuously. Road safety can achieve through improving the road network and quality of roads. International Road Federation (IRF) encourages and promotes development and maintenance of better, safe and sustainable road network (UN, 2017). It is true that too road network contribute in conservation of natural resources and minimize environmental losses. Hence, systematic and geometrically optimum network need of all regions toward sustainable development. Often assessment of structural properties of road network such as network connectivity and nodal accessibility is essential for future modification and development. The Graph Theory is a mathematical tool to assess the network considering network as dimensionless graph having line and node as real road and settlements respectively. In present attempt of study, major road network among the tehsil headquarters of Ahmednagar district has been assessed with focus on connectivity and accessibility using Graph theory.

Transportation, Road Network, Connectivity, Accessibility, Graph Theory

"Graph Theory Based Assessment of State Road Transportation Network among the Tehsil Towns of Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.a222-a229, January-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201028.pdf

"Graph Theory Based Assessment of State Road Transportation Network among the Tehsil Towns of Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no. ppa222-a229, January-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201028.pdf