Design & Construction of Setiawangsa – Pantai Expressway (SPE - DUKE Ph3) – Section 3 from Pandan to Setiawangsa in Kuala Lumpur

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. K. S. Srinivas ◽  
Tham Beng Choy
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Box Girders ◽  
Toll Plazas ◽  
Toll Plaza ◽  
The Government ◽  
Construction Operation ◽  
Design Construction

<p>The Setiawangsa – Pantai Expressway (SPE - DUKE Phase 3) is an infrastructure development under transformation programmes undertaken by the Government of Malaysia through Concessionaire Lebuhraya DUKE Fasa 3 (LDF3) Sdn. Bhd. The total length of SPE mainline is 32Km besides 7 interchanges, 2 mainline toll plazas, 3 ramp toll plazas and is divided in to 4 sections [1]. The proposed Section 3 from Pandan to Setiawangsa of SPE project involves design, construction, operation and maintenance of 5km long elevated dual 2-Lane highway with 24.9m wide mainline deck besides an interchange and ramp toll plaza at AKLEH interface in Kuala Lumpur. The project alignment is located in densely developed urban environment and mainly traverses over existing arterial roads, storm water tunnel (SMART) underneath, crosses urban arterials, expressway, LRT line, river and acts as a city bypass for effective traffic dispersal system in order to alleviate traffic congestion on local at-grade roads. The project is completely on an elevated structure in the form of double deck and single deck arrangement in order to minimise the land acquisition, least disturbance to road users, adjoining developments and utilities. Various types of super structure viz., precast T-beams, U-Beams, cast in-situ / precast box girders are adopted besides different types of foundation &amp; substructure with longest span being 62m. This paper aims at presenting an insight of various types of designs, innovative methods adopted to suit the site constraints and interfacing issues to meet project timeline, cost effective design approach during the construction of Section 3 of Setiawangsa – Pantai Expressway.</p>

Design & Construction of Duta – Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE Ph2) – Tun Razak Link (TRL) in Kuala Lumpur

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. K. S. Srinivas ◽  
Tham Beng Choy
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Box Girders ◽  
Local Roads ◽  
Toll Plaza ◽  
The Government ◽  
Design Construction

<p>The Duta – Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE) Phase 2 is an infrastructure development under transformation programmes undertaken by the Government of Malaysia through Concessionaire Konsortium Lebuhraya Utara – Timur (KL) Sdn. Bhd (KESTURI). The proposed Tun Razak Link (TRL) is a part of DUKE Phase 2 project that involves design, construction, operation and maintenance of 9km long elevated dual 2-Lane highway with 24.9m wide mainline deck including directional ramps, interchanges and ramp toll plaza in Kuala Lumpur [1]. The project alignment is in densely developed urban environment and traverses over existing arterial roads, crosses urban arterials, expressway, river and acts as an effective traffic dispersal system between existing road network to alleviate traffic congestion on at-grade local roads. The majority length of the project is an elevated structure to minimise the land acquisition, least disturbance to road users, adjoining developments and utilities. Various types of super structure viz., precast T-beams, U-Beams, crossheads, cast in-situ box girders were adopted besides various types of foundation &amp; substructure with longest span being 51m. This paper aims at presenting an insight of various types of designs, innovative methods adopted to suit the site constraints and interfacing issues to meet project timeline, cost effective design approach during construction of TRL.</p>

Community Development and Role of Tourism: A Case Study of Tourist Destination Manali in Himachal Pradesh (India)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Agriculture Products

Tourism sector has a significant role in the economic development of our country. Tourism sector has contributed 6.88 percent to the GDP and has 12.36 percent share in employment (direct and indirect) in the year 2014. It has also a significant share in foreign exchange earnings. The benefit of tourism mostly goes to the local community (Sonya & Jacqueline, Mansour E. Zaei & Mahin E. Zaei, 2013). In this paper, an attempt has been made to assess how the tourism industry has created an opportunity for the economic, political, social and cultural development of the local community at Manali in Himachal Pradesh (India) and also tried to study the problems that are associated with the tourism in the region. The study found that the tourism industry has been extending its contribution for the development of local community at Manali. It has been providing employment, business and investment opportunities, revenue generation for the government, encouraging the community to promote and preserve its art, culture and heritage, raising the demand of agriculture products, provided opportunities for local people to run and work in the transport business and by promoting MSMEs in the region. Besides the opportunities, the tourism industry has also added many problems to the local community. Traffic congestion, increase in water and air pollution, solid waste generation, degradation of the cultural heritage, ecological imbalances, rise in cost of living, increase in crime, noise and environment pollution, migration of people to the region, negative impact on local culture, and extra pressure on civic services during the tourists season, are the problems associated with the tourism. The study suggest that effective management of natural resources, dissemination of environment protection information, involvement of local community in decision making, professionalization in the working of local administration, extending the support of government in sponsoring the events, infrastructure development, tracking records of migrants with the help of local community to curb the crime rate, promotion and preservation of art, culture and heritage, involvement of NGOs, compliance of the rules can make tourism more beneficial in the development of local community.

Application of Queuing Theory to Address Traffic Problems at a Highway Toll Plaza

2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 2583-2587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dheeraj Duhan ◽  
Nishant Arya ◽  
Prateek Dhanda ◽  
Lalit Upadhayay ◽  
K. Mathiyazhagan
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Waiting Time ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Queuing Theory ◽  
Arrival Rate ◽  
North India ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Operational Effectiveness ◽  
Toll Plazas ◽  
Toll Plaza

In India, due to the escalating traffic issues, a large number of highways have been built in the recent past, which are maintained by tax collection at toll plazas, by various operating agencies. Due to smooth and hassle free driving on highways, the arrival rate of vehicles at Toll Plazas increases. The arrival rate goes beyond control if the traffic on the highway increases in an uncontrolled manner, with the passage of time. Thus, one of the irrefutable drawbacks of putting up Toll Plazas, is the traffic congestion. The waiting time, in the service lanes, due to such a congestion becomes high and excruciating for the commuters on the route. The objective of this study is to analyze the current situation, of traffic congestion, at a highway toll plaza using queuing theory and suggest possible solutions to encourage greater efficiency, thus reducing waiting time of the customers and money wasted because of that. This study has been carried out in various phases, i.e. problem identification, data collection, data analysis and results at a selected Toll Plaza in North India. The data analysis in the study helps to find out the current operational effectiveness of the Toll Plaza through parameters like, Arrival Rate, Service Rate and Number of toll booths. Finally, possible solutions have been put forward which can be recommended and implemented on various Toll Plazas in the country.

scholarly journals Toll and Traffic Management System for Express Highways

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 2109-2113
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Heavy Traffic ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Alert Message ◽  
Toll Collection ◽  
The Government ◽  
Toll Booth

Now a days, toll plazas at the highways are operated manually, where a vehicle comes near the toll booth and toll collector collects the cash and enter the vehicle data and provides a receipt. Manually operated Toll Plaza Systems leads to longer waiting time of vehicles and heavy traffic at the highways. To overcome this issue of traffic congestion and time management and to bring automation in the toll management system, we have introduced an innovative, optimized and revolutionary system. This paper is putting forward an efficient and cost-effective technique of automatic toll collection. The system is based on the mobile GPS network and will use various APIs for development. The cost to be paid at the toll gate is auto decided as per the government limits and the toll booth charges. System will use online payment gateways to collect those revenues. If the balance is low in the user’s account then it can be recharged at the booth itself. At the user’s end, If the toll tax payment is delayed by certain timeline then user will be informed by an alert message and if delay still exists then strict actions will be imposed along with proper penalty charges for the same. This system is the novelty to the existing toll system. It will have a wide impact on people's life as its scope will lead to safe and enhanced productivity through the use of advanced technologies. This will also minimize fraud and will provide user convenience. It will also enhance the operational efficiency of toll collector.

scholarly journals Highway Traffic Management using Smart Toll Plaza

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S3) ◽  
pp. 1219-1222
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Highway Traffic ◽  
Bank Account ◽  
Rfid Tag ◽  
Toll Plazas ◽  
Android App ◽  
Toll Plaza ◽  
Made In ◽  
Rfid Readers

Nowadays for paying the tax at tollgates there is a heavy rush/traffic. In order to reduce the traffic congestion near Toll plazas and to save the time, payment can be made in advance using an android app along with RFID tag. An android app is developed based on i-Beacon Technology which will communicate to the RFID readers at the toll gates. The bank account of user is connected to the user’s app installed in his/her mobile. The verification of payment at the toll gates can be done with RFID and i-Beacon technology. On selecting the route of travel/journey the user can pay through the android app. If the payment has been done already toll gate opens, else the customer has to pay the toll tax manually. For further toll gates, the beacons will connect to the payment app to verify the payment details.

scholarly journals A Proposed Value Engineering System for the Sudanese Construction Industry

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Abdallah M.Awadalla
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Value Engineering ◽  
Engineering System ◽  
General Electric Company ◽  
Young Engineer ◽  
The Government ◽  
Construction Operation ◽  
Engineering Projects ◽  
Design Construction ◽  
Actual Part

Value Engineering (VE) is defined as a problem solving methodology which is applied in various parts of the world to the construction industry and it proved its effectiveness in optimizing costs and keeping acceptable levels of quality. A young engineer, Lawerence Miles, at the General Electric Company in U.S.A. developed VE methodology in1947. Instead of focusing on the actual part he was assigned to design, he focused attention on the function that it had to perform. VE system can be described as a choice of alternative components. These components when set together form the VE system. Each country chooses the alternative components that suit its economic and environmental conditions. A VE Standard is developed to provide an ideal benchmark of practice in design, construction, operation and maintenance works. Also, the standard is developed to encourage professionals working in the construction field to adopt this technique for improving the value of their projects. The government is expected to adopt this technique and to encourage the engineering departments to organize the application of VE studies on the engineering projects.

Assessment of Queue Length and Delay at Toll Plaza Using Microscopic Traffic Simulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 802 ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Bally Mahdi ◽  
Lee Vien Leong
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Queue Length ◽  
Traffic Simulation ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Average Delay ◽  
Microscopic Traffic Simulation ◽  
Traffic Pattern ◽  
Toll Plazas ◽  
Toll Plaza

Highways and freeways usually experience severe traffic congestion due to the presence of toll plazas which is considered as a bottleneck. In recent years, traffic engineers around the world have utilised microscopic traffic simulation models as tools to evaluate the performance of selected freeway facilities based on known traffic pattern data. This study attempts to analyse the performance of toll plaza by utilizing the microscopic traffic simulation software VISSIM 6.0, based on two different output measures, namely: average queue length and average delay time. At the selected toll plaza, data are collected at toll booths for all three modes of payments, which are: cash mode, Touch n Go, and Smart TAG. Therefore, this study aims to build a microscopic traffic simulation model that is capable of analysing the behaviour of vehicles at toll plaza based on the mentioned output measures for each mode of payment and also to determine the type of payment mode that has the most significant impact on the overall performance of toll plazas and ultimately, to understand the causes of congestion at toll plaza.

scholarly journals Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-ZPass

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Currie ◽  
Reed Walker
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Vehicle Emissions ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Electronic Toll Collection ◽  
Toll Plazas ◽  
Toll Collection ◽  
Toll Plaza

We exploit the introduction of electronic toll collection, (E-ZPass), which greatly reduced both traffic congestion and vehicle emissions near highway toll plazas. We show that the introduction of E-ZPass reduced prematurity and low birth weight among mothers within 2 kilometers (km) of a toll plaza by 10.8 percent and 11.8 percent, respectively, relative to mothers 2–10 km from a toll plaza. There were no immediate changes in the characteristics of mothers or in housing prices near toll plazas that could explain these changes. The results are robust to many changes in specification and suggest that traffic congestion contributes significantly to poor health among infants. (JEL I12, J13, Q51, Q53, R41)

scholarly journals Toll Plazza Management System Using Text Detection and Text Recognization Techniques

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
M. Sindhu ◽  
Keerthi Kavya ◽  
I. Jeya Sheela
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Management System ◽  
Design System ◽  
Pollution Level ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Electronic Toll Collection ◽  
Vehicle Owner ◽  
Toll Plazas ◽  
Toll Collection ◽  
The Government

In our day to day life, we pay certain amount of tax through toll plaza to the government. The toll gates are mostly found on national highways and bridges etc., and we pay standing over a queue in the form of cash, although, the mobility of vehicles gets interrupted by this method which takes longer travel time, more consumption of fuel and also pollution level get increased in that region, instead of that the method commonly used by industries and in advanced countries is the Electronic Toll Collection System. Electronic toll collection system is the technology that enables the automatic electronic toll collection from the prepaid account registered on the name of vehicle owner, determining whether the vehicle is registered or not and informs the toll authorities avoiding toll violations. Over last decades, electronic toll collection system has been implemented in real time. Toll Tax Management System is a web based application that can provide all the information related to toll plazas and the passenger checks in either online and pays the amount, then he/she will be provided by a receipt. With this receipt he/she can leave the toll booth without waiting for any verification call. The aim of our project is to design a system, which automatically identifies an approaching vehicles and record vehicles number and time. If the vehicle belongs to the authorized person, it automatically opens the toll gate and a predetermined amount is automatically deducted from its account. This translates to reduced Traffic congestion at toll plazas and helps in lower fuel consumption. This is very important advantage of this system. In this paper, we can design system to extract the license numbers from vehicle plate automatically using image processing techniques. And match with database automatically and generate the bill without any delay.

scholarly journals Online Toll Gate Payment System using RFID & IoT

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 11738-11745
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Payment System ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Electrical Method ◽  
Rfid Tag ◽  
Vehicle Owner ◽  
Toll Plazas ◽  
The People ◽  
Toll Plaza

Road transportation system in Indiafacing big challenge to maintain sophisticate Toll plazas. In general method all Vehicles should stop at toll plazas to pay toll tax. One person at Tollgate collects the tax manually and issues the receipt. After payment, the gate will be opened either mechanical method or electrical method. This is a widely used method in India. Due to this, the wastage of time at toll plazas is the main cause to produce more traffic congestion on highways. Traffic congestion on highways at Toll plazas leads to huge economic loss, fuel and time wastage and causes more pollution. As all the people are very busy with their tight schedules they have no time to spare in the traffic. This traffic congestion leads to wastage of their valuable time causing inconvenience. To overcome the drawbacks of the manual method, Online Toll Payment System is developed to reduce the traffic congestion at toll plazas on highways which will become part of the metropolitan and urban cities these days. This system allows the user to make the payment of toll plazas taxes automatically. In this method we use the authentication cards with the help of radiofrequency. The vehicles should contain an RFID tag that has a unique identification number, like name and license number. (owner). RFID is placed on top of the vehicle and when it reaches the electromagnetic zone near toll plaza the RFID reader automatically captures data and electronically identify, track & store information contained on RFID tag then microcontroller sends the message to phone number placed in RFID card regarding payment. The GSM module is interfaced with Microcontroller to send the messages to the vehicle owner like a web link to pay the toll bill. This payment is done with the help of Payment gateways. If the owner should not pay the money within 20 minutes after crossing the toll plaza, this information is posted in the Cloud server using HTTP server. If he/she does not pay in couple days he receives notice from the respective RTO office with the help of data available in the server. It is repeated periodically may chance to cancel the license of the owner. In this proposed method the vehicles are not supposed to stop at toll plazas. They can directly pay the money through the link generated after crossing the plazas. After payment, the owner gets the message like your payment done successfully. This project uses the RFID cards to store vehicle number, owner mobile number and License number. RF scanner is used to scan the RFID cards and interfaced with LPC 2148 ARM Microcontroller. This controller sends message to owner mobile number with the

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