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Suggestions on Fixing Speed Limit on PWD Roads

Start Date: 02-11-2021
End Date: 25-11-2024

In the interest of road safety, the Public Works Roads Department, Assam intends to issue a fresh notification to fix maximum speed limit for all classes of motor vehicles on PWD ...

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In the interest of road safety, the Public Works Roads Department, Assam intends to issue a fresh notification to fix maximum speed limit for all classes of motor vehicles on PWD roads other than National Highways.

The draft indicating the maximum permissible speeds is given below

Category of Road --- Speed Limit (km/hr)

4-lane with divided carriageway - 80

2-lane (7-m wide) with paved shoulder in plain areas - 70

2-lane (7-m wide) without paved shoulder in plain areas - 60

Intermediate lane (5.5 m wide) with or without paved shoulder in plain areas - 50

Single lane (3.75-m wide) in plain areas - 40

Roads within Guwahati Metropolitan Area having physical medians - 50

Other roads within Guwahati Metropolitan Area and other Municipal/Urban areas - 40

Roads in and around villages, educational institutions, hospitals, busy market areas and any other vulnerable areas identified by police authorities - 30

In very congested market areas - 20

2-lane (7-m wide) in hilly terrain - 40

Single lane (3.75-m wide) roads in hilly terrain - 30

Suggestions/comments/inputs are invited from stakeholders on the draft notification on speed limits

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Last date: November 25,2021

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BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

What do we need an efficient system of transport?
A well-developed transport system is essential to achieve economic development and an efficient use of natural resources. It is also needed to transport people from one place to another.

BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

What are the elements of a good transport?
The Characteristics of a Good Transportation System are a well designed that uses a multimode system that is well maintained, expandable and upgraded as needed.

BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

What are the key elements of an effective transport system?
The basic components of a transportation system are as under:-
(a) the persons and things being transported.
(b) the vehicles in which they are conveyed.
(c) the networks through which the vehicles move.

BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

Which is the latest developed means of transport?
The advancement in technology has led to the development of new modes of transport including pipelines, cable transport and space transport. We also have developed different kinds of rail transport including underwater railways.

BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

How can we develop transportation in Assam?
Giving Public Transport Road Priority:- The efficiency of public transport could be largely improved by giving priority to buses, trams and other public vehicles on the road. This can be achieved through the implementation of more bus lanes, also known as 'queue jump' lanes.

BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

What are the factors associated with development of transport system?
Answer:- Duration, Distance, cost, climate, time, and market are some of the elements to consider while choosing routes and modes of transportation.
Answer:- An efficient multimodal transportation system necessitates the improvement of three significant components.

BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

What is the validity of diesel car in Assam?
The maximum age for petrol-related vehicles remains the same (15 years). Diesel-fueled cars have a life cap of 10 years.

BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

What is the transmission charges in Assam?
Approved SLDC Charges to be recovered from APDCL for the Financial Year 2021-22 is Rs. 7.36 crores. The approved SLDC charges for Long term/Medium term users of Transmission System for the Financial Year 2020-21 are *92.30 per MW per day.

BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

Which method is commonly used to solve transportation problems?
The transportation problem is feasible to solve by hand using a series of tables and well-documented strategies such as the Northwest-Corner Method to find an initial basic feasible solution and then using techniques like the Least-Cost Method or the Stepping Stone Method.

BrahmDevYadav 1 year 3 weeks ago

What is the modi method in transportation problems?
MODI method is an improvement over stepping stone method. This model studies the minimization of the cost of transporting a commodity from a number of sources to several destinations. The supply at each source and the demand at each destination are known.