Manuscript Number : IJSRSET162187

Global Scenario on Estimation of Passenger Car Unit : A Review

Authors(2) :-Ankit N Mahidadiya, Jayesh Juremalani

Passenger Car Unit (PCU) is the metric used to convert heterogenic traffic in to homogenous traffic. In India traffic pattern is heterogeneous, it is necessary to convert heterogeneous traffic to homogenous traffic while designing any signalized intersection. PCU Value is dynamic in Nature. PCU value is depends upon current road traffic condition. In India PCU value is based on value given in IRC SP 41. Developed countries devised several methods for calculating PCUs. These PCU values (devised in developed countries) are not suitable for Indian heterogeneous traffic conditions this paper reviews the estimation carried out to find PCU value worldwide.

Authors and Affiliations

Ankit N Mahidadiya
Civil Engineering Department, Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Jayesh Juremalani
Civil Engineering Department, Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Passenger Car Unit, Passenger Car Equivalent, Heterogeneous Traffic.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 1 | January-February 2016
Date of Publication : 2016-02-25
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 341-344
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET162187
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Ankit N Mahidadiya, Jayesh Juremalani, " Global Scenario on Estimation of Passenger Car Unit : A Review, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp.341-344, January-February-2016. Journal URL : https://res.ijsrset.com/IJSRSET162187

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