SIGNALIZING THE JUNCTION AT THE ENTRANCE TO ICM AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL SAFETY OF THE ROAD

BY

LOW HOONG WAI

ABSTRACT

Due to the increasing of accident rate and grumble of road users, the junction at the entrance to ICM should be signalized and the whole road from roundabout to 1^st junction of Taman Melati should be implemented with some traffic improvements. To accomplish this, a lot of works is carried out like analysis of the related junction and safety of the whole road, studying of traffic calming improvements to the related areas. All of these will be used to reconfigure the existing environment to be more safety.

To analysis the related zone, the traffic volume, speed of vehicles, reasons of accidents is focused on. The information is obtained from these study will be used to determine the appropriate traffic improvements to be used in problem areas by according to the speed characteristics of vehicles in that area. After that, the information about traffic light will be designed to make the traffic flow of the junction at the entrance to ICM can be looked more organized and safety. After searching and collecting information, the most effective way will be taken to slow down the speed of vehicles.

In implementation of appropriate improvements, a safer and comfortable environment will be created. So, this can reduce accident rate then improve the quality of life.

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Diploma in Civil Engineering

August 2002

Number: 8 - 10