Traffic Analysis on a Suburban Road in Yewa South Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria

Akinola Johnson OLAREWAJU and Joseph Oladapo OLAOYE, Volume 5 Issue 2, December 2024 Pages 26-31, Published: 2024-09-25

Abstract

In the past years there have been little vehicular movement in Yewa South Local Government. Since inception of Dangote Cement factory, commercial activities have increased with surge in the attendant vehicular traffic along the Ilaro-Ibese axis. There is however the need to assess the traffic condition on the road to make an informed suggestion to improve the road operating capacity. Reconnaissance was conducted on the stretch of the road to ascertain factors that contribute to congestion on the road and possible spot/location to conduct traffic count to address the issue of congestion. Manual traffic count was carried out between the hours of 7am and 7pm daily for a week to obtain information about the vehicular traffic on the chosen road using handheld electronic device. Traffic characteristic was also taken into consideration, Motorcycle / Tricycle; Car; Bus; Truck /Trailer; and Good Vehicles / Van were the major vehicle types The British standard of Passenger Car Unit (PCU) was used in the computation and analysis of the road capacity. The traffic analysis on a suburban road, Ilaro-Ibese road, in Yewa South Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria has been studied and it can be concluded that the road is a very important conduit in this axis as major means of moving some agricultural produces and cement produced in this area to final consumers. It can be concluded that traffic on this road is dominated by motorcycles, cars, and heavy goods trucks. Also, it can be concluded that congestion at the Ilaro-Ibese junction is influenced by market-going traffic and a lack of adequate traffic control mechanisms