Implementation Roadmap for Sustainable Urban Freight Mobility in Chennai -2020
carried out by IITM Project Staff to collect dimensions of the carriageway, footpath, parking bays and locations of ramps provided for accessing off-street parking facilities.
As part of this survey, a team of IITM Project Staff walked along Sir Theagaraya Road holding a rodo meter (Figure 6) to measure the dimensions. Carriageway and footpath width at multiple mid-block locations, location of on-street parking bays and their dimensions, and locations of ramps were collected. Entry and exit gate locations of petrol pumps and shopping complexes were duly noted.
Figure 6: Rodo meter survey
The data from road inventory survey - width of the carriageway, the width of the footpath, and dimensions of on-street parking lots were used for editing the network in traffic simulation platform. Parking supply was computed taking into account the locations of
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