Análisis del congestionamiento vehicular en la intersección Av. Alejandro Castro Benitez y Pajonal de la Ciudad de Machala 2020

Abstract

As the years go by, the number of inhabitants in all countries, cities, sectors tends to increase, which is why diverse needs are created, one of them very important is mobilization or transportation, usually people always look for a better quality of life choosing to travel with comfort either in your own vehicle or in public transport, the problems start when the time lapses from getting from one place to another is very prolonged due to different causes in the streets or roads usually the problems are centered on the streets or roads where a large number of vehicles circulate on the day for this reason there was the need to create regulators that help us alleviate vehicle congestion regulators such as traffic lights, traffic signaling, mobility agents that in the Currently, they are very necessary for vehicle control due to the lack of respect and driver education by drivers and pedestrians who in many cases are responsible for fatal accidents and environmental pollution causing problems for all users of roads and streets. In this topic we will focus on alternatives that regulate the traffic conflict the traffic lights that is one of the regulators of the important traffic for drivers and pedestrians traveling on the road, it should be noted that the traffic light system has to be well regulated with respect to the volume of traffic vehicles so that it can function properly. The study point concentrates the intersection of av. Alejandro Castro Benitez and Av. Pajonal of the city of Machala in the analysis of the congestion and then find traffic light optimization, for this a vehicle capacity was made which was taken at peak times throughout the week located at strategic points to have a greater visualization of the amount of vehicles with their turns and directions, the data collected served to perform the TPDA in each flow as well as the data were placed in an Excel table formulated with the HCM 1985 system to provide us with the classification of service levels in each flow and thus to determine the level of service of the intersection likewise with the data of the vehicular count, they were entered in a SYNCHRO software to verify the level of service of the intersection. After this step we proceeded to optimize the traffic light times in the software so that the level of service improves, we proceeded to optimize several times, but the level of service did not improve due to the large number of vehicles passing through this intersection To this is added the geometry of the existing road which corresponds to the authorities in charge of making the necessary procedures to increase lanes on the roads, due to this factor the proposal of a roundabout or roundabout which was designed according to the manual of road and taking as a reference the existing rounds in the city visualizing that they work and give positive results helping to reduce vehicular congestion.