AHMEDABAD: Speed thrills, however it also kills! goes an oft quoted road coincidence adage. For SP Ring Road, this appears to be the new standard. A research performed with Charutar Vidya Mandal’s BVM engineering school has pointed out that on an average imply speeds at the ring road are any place between 49kmph and 44kmph, while the utmost height speeds have been registered between 80kmph and 73kmph for cars.
The research claims that prime pace, irregular road geometry, improper signage makes commuters and road minorities like pedestrians, cyclists and two-wheeler riders susceptible. The study has claimed that the land use development along the SP Ring Road corridor varies from residential, commercial to agricultural. The visitors volume rely confirmed a most selection of cars have been two-wheelers which shared 30.64 % of visitors volume while cars/jeeps/vans shared 27.17%.
“Apart from the strange land-use development, the roundabouts and intersections on SP Ring Road have been maximum prone to accidents,” said professor A A Amin. He added that the utmost accidents happened within the month of October.
The research claims that prime pace, irregular road geometry, improper signage makes commuters and road minorities like pedestrians, cyclists and two-wheeler riders susceptible. The study has claimed that the land use development along the SP Ring Road corridor varies from residential, commercial to agricultural. The visitors volume rely confirmed a most selection of cars have been two-wheelers which shared 30.64 % of visitors volume while cars/jeeps/vans shared 27.17%.
“Apart from the strange land-use development, the roundabouts and intersections on SP Ring Road have been maximum prone to accidents,” said professor A A Amin. He added that the utmost accidents happened within the month of October.
SP Ring Road is Ahmedabad's path to dusty death
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June 13, 2018
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