Dear Mr. George Evans
I would like to make the following suggestions
regarding your essay on "Traffic congestion in Work
zones":
1. You may begin you essay with a brief introduction
to a Work zone i.e.,
what is a work zone?
how is it different from other zones in a planning
area?
What may be the different types of workzones depending
upon the economic activity, work-in-progress, spatial
location, etc.
What type of traffic moves to, from and through it?
Which of these traffic is bypassable
(external-external type of traffic having neither
origin nor destination in the zone)
2. Next you may discuss the elements that cause
congestion in the workzone for example daily commuter
traffic, goods traffic carrying supplies to the
workzone, etc., men and machines at work, safety
requirements at the worksites for example safe
clearance to working people and equipments in
operation, etc.
3. Then you may discuss, one by one, the remedial
measures for each one of the problems highlighted by
you earlier.
4. YOu may suggest measures like
a)A possible staggering of different activities with
respect to time of the day to cut down traffic at any
particular time.
b)Using an effective well-planned and well-defined
traffic management scheme.
c) Application of modern traffic control devices, like
signing, markings, and traffic signals.
d) Redefining the traffic flow pattern avoiding
unnecessary merging, weaving or crossing of traffic.
e) Segregating different types of traffic avoiding
vehicular-pedestrian and other types of mixing of
traffic.
f) Providing off-site parking facilities rather than
on-site parking.. and so on
Well, I hope you would find the above suggestions
useful and worth considering.
I shall be glad for any further help in this regard
and would also request you to kindly send me a copy of
your essay alongwith your introduction, if possible.
With best wishes
Engr. S.M. Tayyab
Asstt. Professor, Civil Engineering Department
Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology,
Karachi.
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