Traffic Survey Analysis: Implications for Road Transport Planning In Nigeria

Salisu Umar Obafemi () and Oyesiku Olukayode O. ()
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Salisu Umar Obafemi: Olabisi Onabanjo University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria;
Oyesiku Olukayode O.: Olabisi Onabanjo University, Department of Geography, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria;

LOGI – Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics, 2020, vol. 11, issue 2, 12-22

Abstract: Efficient traffic survey analysis is a catalyst for achieving an efficient and advanced transport planning and sustainable urban development. Unfortunately, the obvious decline in the traffic survey on Nigerian urban roads has left the road transport system to be handicap of traffic data, quality service deliveries and characterized by traffic-related quagmires with devastating socio-economic consequences including congestion, crime and crash incidences. This paper examined traffic survey analysis on major highways in Ogun State, Nigeria using manual traffic count method for estimation of traffic volume and flow pattern. The traffic data gathered were presented and analyzed using descriptive and inferential (ANOVA and Student ‘t’ test) techniques to determine variations in vehicular traffic volume and flow situation (inbound and outbound). Findings revealed that Car/SUV is the most dominant traffic relative to others. Meanwhile, ANOVA results show significant variation in traffic volume on the selected highways (p. value

Keywords: Highway; traffic volume; traffic flow; manual count (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/logi-2020-0011

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