Estimation of fuel loss due to idling of vehicles at a signalized intersection in Chennai, India
01 Nov 2017-Vol. 263, Iss: 3, pp 032028
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the fuel loss due to idling of vehicles at signalized intersections and found that the total fuel loss during the study period was Rs. 4,93,849/-.
Abstract: The vehicles while waiting at signalized intersections are generally found to be in idling condition, i.e., not switching off their vehicles during red times. This phenomenon of idling of vehicles during red times at signalized intersections may lead to huge economic loss as lot of fuel is consumed by vehicles when they are in idling condition. The situation may even be worse in countries like India as different vehicle types consume varying amount of fuel. Only limited studies have been reported on estimation of fuel loss due to idling of vehicles in India. In the present study, one of the busy intersections in Chennai, namely, Tidel Park Junction in Rajiv Gandhi salai was considered. Data collection was carried out in one approach road of the intersection during morning and evening peak hours on a typical working day by manually noting down the red timings of each cycle and the corresponding number of two-wheelers, three-wheelers, passenger cars, light commercial vehicles (LCV) and heavy motorized vehicles (HMV) that were in idling mode. Using the fuel consumption values of various vehicles types suggested by Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), the total fuel loss during the study period was found to be Rs. 4,93,849/-. The installation of red timers, synchronization of signals, use of non-motorized transport for short trips and public awareness are some of the measures which government need to focus to save the fuel wasted at signalized intersections in major cities of India.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact of vehicle delay, fuel loss, and noise level at different signalized intersections of Agartala city and strategies to control the noise pollution have been discussed.
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