Traffic Characteristics Evaluation and Traffic ManagementMeasures: A Case study of Dharwad City

Abstract: Traffic problems in the urban areas are increasing at a rapid rate. Engineers, planners or the policymakers are having atough time in dealing with their multiple constraints for getting the desired solution. Some of the main transportation planningproblems are mixed traffic plying on the roads, inadequate parking areas, increasing number of vehicles and road users, theunbalanced pattern of land use with obsolete road system, increasing number of road facilities and environmental pollution. Since inIndia most of the cities are unplanned, we are only left with an option management of existing infrastructure. In this paper, one suchcase study is presented in which a detailed traffic management for the city of Dharwad is carried out.