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IRC Standards for Traffic

Yogesh A. Bodke1, Aman B. Bodke2, Tushar S. Gaware3, Kishor D. Ahire4, Rushikesh Wankhede5
1,2
Diploma, Department of Civil Engineering, MET Bhujbal Knowledge City Institute of Technology-
Polytechnic, Nashik, India
3
Diploma, Department of Electrical Engineering, MET Bhujbal Knowledge City Institute of Technology-
Polytechnic, Nashik, India
4
Diploma, Department of Information Technology, MET Bhujbal Knowledge City Institute of Technology-
Polytechnic, Nashik, India
5
Diploma, Department of Civil Engineering, K. K. Wagh College of Engineering, Nashik, India

Abstract: The Indian Road Congress (IRC) is the Apex Body of  Highways Specifications & Standards Committee
Highway Engineers in the country set up by the Govt. of India. (HSS)
IRC works in close collaboration with Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways (MoRTH). The Director General (Road  Bridges Specifications & Standards Committee (BSS)
Development) & Special Secretary, MoRTH, is the Honorary &
Treasurer of the IRC. The Principal objectives of IRC are to  General Specifications & Standards Committee
provide a national forum for regular pooling of experience and (GSS).
ideas on all matters concerned with the construction and Compliance to IRC specification No. SP: 58 of 2001 related
maintenance of highways to recommend standard specifications
to use of fly ash has been made mandatory by Ministry of
and to provide a platform for the expression of professional
opinion on matters relating to roads and road transport. Environment Forests & Climate Change, Govt. of India by
issuing an amendment to their fly ash notification while
Keywords: Enter key words or phrases in alphabetical order, undertaking construction or approve design for construction of
separated by commas. roads or flyover embankment within a radius of hundred
kilometers of thermal power plant.
1. Introduction
Oldest and most important representative technical body of 3. Objectives
Highway Engineers in India The objectives of this project are as follows:
 Semi-official technical body formed in 1934  To promote and encourage the science and practice of
 Main recommendation of Jayakar Committee building, operation and maintenance of roads.
 Inaugural meeting of Highway Engineers was held at  To provide a channel for the expression of collective
New Delhi in 1934 opinion of its members regarding roads.
 Registered on 1937 under the Societies Registration  To promote the use of standard specifications and to
Act in 1860 propose specifications.
 IRC played a major role in the formulation of the three  To advise regarding education, experiment and
20-year road development plans in India research connected with roads.
 Forum for regular pooling of experience and ideas on  To suggest legislation for the development,
all matters affecting planning, construction, and improvement and protections of roads.
maintenance of roads in India  To suggest improved methods of administration,
 Technical activities of IRC is carried out by Highway planning, design, construction, operation, use and
Research Board maintenance of roads.
 To establish, furnish and maintain libraries and
2. Standards development activities of IRC museums for furthering the science of road making.
IRC has set up following three Apex Committees for  To publish, or arrange for the publication of
formulation of standards, Codes of Practices and Guidelines proceedings, journals, periodicals, and other literature
related to all aspects of design, Construction and maintenance for the promotion of the objectives of the IRC.
of roads and bridges, road transportation, traffic. As well as
general aspects of road and bridge engineering through various
technical committees working under the respective apex
committee:
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4. Methodology secondary signal is installed on the back of primary

signal intended for the opposing traffic diagonally
A. Traffic control
opposite the first primary signal.
 Supervision of the movement of people, goods, or  Typical layouts of signal installation for two-lane and
vehicles to ensure efficiency and safety. four-lane intersections are shown in figure.
 Traffic is the movement of people and goods from one
location to another.
 The movement typically occurs along a specific
facility or pathway that can be called a guide way.
 Traffic evolves because of a need to move people and
goods from one location to another.
 As such, the movement is initiated because of
decisions made by people to transport themselves or
others from one location to another to participate in
activities at that second location or to move goods to a Fig. 1. Two-lane intersections
location where they have higher value.
 Traffic flows thus differ fundamentally from other
areas of engineering and the physical sciences (such as
the movement of electrons in a wire), because they are
primarily governed and determined by laws of human
behavior.
B. Traffic rotaries
 Rotaries are suitable when the traffic entering from all
the four approaches are relatively equal. Fig. 2. Four-lane intersections
 A total volume of about 3000 vehicles per hour can be
E. Traffic lights
considered as the upper limiting case and a volume of
500 vehicles per hour is the lower limit.  Every evening an intelligent street lighting control
 A rotary is very beneficial when the proportion of the system has to light up at the right time and function
right-turn traffic is very high; typically if it is more seamlessly.
than 30 percent.  A city’s street lights provide safe traffic conditions
 Rotaries are suitable when there are more than four safer pedestrian environment and can represent a great
approaches or if there is no separate lanes available for improvement to the city’s architectural, touristic and
right-turn traffic. commercial output.
 Rotaries are ideally suited if the intersection geometry  These benefits are not exactly cheap though, with an
is complex. average of 40% of the public budgets’ energy bill
being spent for street lighting alone.
C. Traffic signals  The increasing every price, plus the significant
 Basically traffic signals are needed for the control of maintenance costs and always increasing expectations
conflicting streams of vehicular and pedestrian traffic manifested by the public put a continuous pressure on
at intersections. the lighting budgets.
 The Indian roads congress has laid down the following
warrants, one or more of which must with be met with 5. Function
before signals need to be installed i) Warrant 1:  Learn field problems and to pass on information based
Minimum vehicular volume ii) Warrant 2: on research or experiences of other states, industry or
Interruption of continuous traffic iii) Warrant 3: educational institutions.
Minimum Pedestrian volume iv) Warrant 4: Accident  Learn fully research activity underway or
Experience contemplated and take steps to avoid duplication
D. Location of traffic signals  Set up Committees consisting of experts who are
 It is desirable to have at least two signals installations concerned with the problems of roads and road
 Primary signal, located near the stop line. transport.
 Secondary signal generally provided diagonally  To give technical advice on road and road transport
opposite the primary signal normally a primary signal  Undertake special studies relating to roads and road
is installed 0.9 m from the stop line while the transport
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 Select outstanding Papers on Research for awards and  Its main aim is to improve the quality of roads and to
medals to be instituted by the Board improve the traffic conditions in India
 Hold Periodical Research Sessions or Seminars where
research problems and research Papers are discussed References
in detail [1] S. K. Khanna & C. E. G. Justo (2001), Highway engineering, by Nem
chand & Bros. Roorkee.
[2] IRC: 3-1983 Dimensions and Weight of Road Design Vehicle.
6. Conclusion [3] IRC: 65-1976 Recommended Practice for Traffic Rotaries.
 IRC is semiofficial technical body which is oldest [4] IRC: 103-1988 Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities.
[5] IRC: 93-1985 Guidelines On Design and Installation of Road Traffic
and most important representative technical body of Signals.
Highway engineers in India [6] IRC: 30-1968 Standard Letters and Numerals of Different Heights For
 Provides various standards and specification for Use On Highway Sign
[7] IRC: 79-1981 Recommended Practice for Road Delinetors.
designing of Road and Road traffic [8] IRC: 92-1985 Guidelines for The Design of Interchanges in Urban Area.
[9] www.IRC.org.com