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TRANSPORT PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

Areas of R&D and Consultancy / Core Activities

Areas of R&D

Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Studies (CTTS) for Cities, Techno-

Economic Feasibility Studies & Road User Cost Studies

Traffic Impact Analysis

Estimation of Traffic Loads on Urban Road Network

Transportation System Management

Mode Choice Modelling for Short and Medium Haul Traffic

Travel Demand Forecasting

Travel Demand Estimation Using Quick Response Techniques

Environment Impact Assessment of Road, Building, Highways & Metro RailCorridor Projects

Monitoring, Measurement, Modelling & Evaluation of Air & Noise Pollution due

to Road & Road Transport

Noise Mapping & Vibration Studies

Fuel Consumption & Exhaust Emission Related Studies

Consultancy/Core Activities 

Environment Impact Assessment of Road, Building, Highways & Metro Rail

Corridor Projects Air Pollution & Exhaust Emission Monitoring and Dispersion Modelling

Transport System Planning & Evaluation

Travel Demand Estimation

Fuzzy Logic Application in Transport Modelling

Fuel Consumption & Related Studies

GHG Emission from Road Transportation Sector

Infrastructure Facilities

RSPM (PM1PM10&PM2.5) Monitor

Noise & Vibration Level Analyzers & Dose Meter

Portable Ozone & VOC Analyzer

Air Pollution Monitoring Van comprising of CO, NOX, SO2, O3,hc & SPM,

PM10,VOC Monitors and Meteorological System

Infrared based Automatic Counters cum Vehicle Classifiers

Portable On-Board Exhaust Emission Analyzer for Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Global Positioning System (GPS) Doppler Radar Speedometer

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Pneumatic Traffic Counter

Fuel Consumption Meter with Data Acquisition System

Electronic Techograph

GC & hplc

Software Tools:

1. Samurai

2. NWWIN

3. Predictor

4. Si+

Training Programmes

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Clearance (EC)Process for Road/Highway Projects in India

Vibration and Noise Measurement and Analysis

Urban & Regional Transportation Planning

Laboratory and Field Testing Facilities

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

Road User Cost Studies (RUCS)

Urban Road Traffic and Air Pollution in Major Metropolitan Cities of India(URTRAP)

Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Studies for Cities like Delhi,

Mumbai, Nagpur, Surat, Jaipur, Aizwal, Jamshedpur etc.

Ridership Estimates and Economic Evaluation of Ludhiana Metro, Delhi Metro

Phase-I & Phase-II

Mobility Levels and the Transport Problems of Different Population Groups

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Studies for Badarpur – Faridabad and

Mundaka Corridors of Delhi Metro

Quantification of Benefits Achieved from the Implementation of Phase-I of

Delhi Metro

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Fuel Losses Estimation due to Idling of Vehicles at Intersections

Techno-Economic Feasibility Studies for Free way Corridors and Bypasses

Microscopic Traffic Simulation of Toll Plaza Operations

Urban Traffic Flow Characteristics of 14 Cities of varying Sizes

Noise & Vibration Studies along Central Secretariat Badarpur Corridor ofDelhi Metro

Honours/Recognition and Significant Achievements 

•  Ms. Anuradha Shukla was awarded Fulbright Nehru Environmental

Leadership Program Fellowship by USIEF from Sept.1, 2009 - 31st 

December 2009

•  Dr. Purnima Parida was awarded IRC Medal by Indian Roads Congressfor paper entitled “Estimation of Fuel Loss during Idling of Vehicles at

Signalised Intersections”, published in IRC Journal of March 2008 at IRC

Annual Session held in November 2009 at Patna Bihar.

•  Dr Kirti Bhandari best paper award First Prize for her Paper titled “MRTS

System in Delhi: Increase in Mobility and Equity Implication” 

• WS-92-2009- Road Transport & Climate Change :Indo –US S& T Forum

(IUSSTF) has awarded bilateral workshop proposal On Road Transport &

Climate Change on the basis of joint reviews in US & India . Ms.Anuradha Shukla, is Indian PI and Prof J.Zietsman, is PI from US

•  Dr. Anil Singh was selected for Nomination as an Expert as Lead Author

(LA) for the IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR 5) in WG III by Government

of India (Ministry of Environment and Forests) for Transport Sector

•  Ms. Anuradha Shukla was awarded first prize and cash certificate for Hindi

publication on 14th September, 2009

•  Dr. Neeraj Sharma was awarded prize and cash certificate for Hindi debateon 14th September, 2009

•  Dr Kirti Bhandari Scientist completed her PhD from Nagoya University,

Japan and joined office on April 1st  2009. The thesis is titled “Impact

assessment of mass rapid transit in Delhi: Economy, Equity and Environment” 

•  Mr. P V Pradeep Scientist, Completed Master of Engineering (Mechanical)

from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (2009-10)

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Equipments/Facilities/Software in the Division

INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES

VOC MONITOR 

MiniRAE 2000 Portable VOC Monitor (Model PGM

7600) is a compact monitor designed as a

broadband VOC gas monitor and cataloguer for work

in hazardous environments. It monitors Volatile

Organic Compounds (VOC) using a photo-Ionization

Detector (PID) with a9.8 eV, or 11.7 eV gas

discharge lamp.

OZONE MONITOR

The 2B Technology Ozone Monitor is designed to

enable accurate measurement of atmospheric

ozone in the mixing ratio over a wide dynamic range

extending from a limit of detection of 1.5 parts-per-

million by volume (ppmv) to an upper limit of 100

parts-per-million based on well-established

technique of absorption of ultraviolet light at 254nm. The Ozone Monitor is

lightweight (4.7 lb, 2.1 kg) and has low power consumption (3.5 watt) relative to

conventional instrument and is therefore well suited for applications such as:

a) Vertical profiling using balloons, kites, remotely piloted aircrafts and otheraircraft where space and weight are highly limited.

b) Long-term monitoring at remote locations where power is highly limited.

c) Urban arrays of ground based detectors.

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NITRIC OXIDE MONITOR

The 2B Technologies Nitric Oxide Monitor is designed

to enable accurate measurements of nitric oxide (NO)

concentrations in air without the use of a calibration

gas standard. The most common application is the

measurement of NO in urban and regional air

pollution where the concentration is a few ppb or

higher. The highly sensitive Chemi-luminescence method is required when the NO

concentration is less than 2 ppb.

GRIMM DUST MONITOR

The real time dust Monitor System (Enviro-check Model

107) with Environmental Dust monitors particulate

matter of micron sizes in ambient air .Features of the

Envirocheck (Dust Monitor) System are:

Single piece stainless steel construction,

portable, with built in

Optical unit able to measure PM 10,PM 2.5 and

PM 1 at the same time

Particle size from 0.2µm to 15µm

Particle mass from 1to 1.500µg/m3 

Automatic humidity compensation

Data storage of days, weeks or month of test results

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ON-BOARD EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEM (OEM -2100)

The OEM-2100 system can be installed in a matter

of approximately 15 minutes on most motor

vehicles. It interfaces with the vehicle in three

ways: (1) it obtains power from the cigarette lighter;

(2) it obtains engine data from an on-board

diagnostic link found on most vehicles manufactured

since the early 1990s; and (3) it obtains a small

sample of engine exhaust using a sampling probe.

The device simultaneously records engine data and

measures the concentration of several gases in the

vehicle exhaust, including carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitric oxide, carbon

dioxide, and oxygen. The instrument reports engine and emissions data every second

and the data are retrieved for later analysis.

MOBILE VAN 

Mobile Air Pollution Monitoring Van comprising of

CO, NOX, SO2, O3, HC (Hydrocarbons) & SPM

(Suspended Particulate Matter) Analyzers and

Eteorological Systems.

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAM

High-performance liquid chromatography (High-

pressure liquid chromatography, HPLC) is a

chromatographic technique that can separate a

mixture of compounds and is used in biochemistry

and analytical chemistry to identify, quantify and

purify the individual components of the mixture.

HPLC typically utilizes different types of stationary

phases, a pump that moves the mobile phase(s)

and analyte through the column, and a detector to provide a characteristic retention

time for the analyte. The detector may also provide additional information related to

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the analyte, (i.e. UV/Vis spectroscopic data for analyte if so equipped). Analyte

retention time varies depending on the strength of its interactions with the stationary

phase, the ratio/composition of solvent(s) used, and the flow rate of the mobile

phase. It is a form of liquid chromatography that utilizes smaller column size, smaller

media inside the column, and higher mobile phase pressures

GAS CHROMATOGRAM:

A gas chromatograph is a chemical analysis

instrument for separating chemicals in a complex

sample. A gas chromatograph uses a flow-throughnarrow tube known as the column , through which

different chemical constituents of a sample pass in

a gas stream (carrier gas, mobile phase ) at

different rates depending on their various chemical

and physical properties and their interaction with a

specific column filling, called the stationary phase. As the chemicals exit the end of

the column, they are detected and identified electronically. The function of thestationary phase in the column is to separate different components, causing each

one to exit the column at a different time (retention time ). Other parameters that can

be used to alter the order or time of retention are the carrier gas flow rate, and the

temperature.

WATER AND SOIL TESTING FACILITIES:

CALORIMETER 

FLAME PHOTOMETER 

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BOD

CONDUCTIVITY METER 

TURBIDITY METER 

pH METER 

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FUEL FLOW DETECTOR FOR PETROL VEHICLES

FUEL CONSUMPTION 

• Fuel flow Detector for Petrol (MPFI) vehicles

for fuel consumption measurement of Petrol

(MPFI) vehicles under idling and in-use

condition with an accuracy of 0.1 ml and flow

rate measurement up to 120 Ltr/hr.

• Fuel flow Data acquisition system which integrates distance data logged

through GPS with fuel flow data logged through fuel flow Detector, with a

speed accuracy of 0.1 km/hr. (2008-09)

Surface Impedance Meter: 

For In-situ Reflection and absorption of noise

calculation.

Acousticam

For Noise mapping and source identification

Larson & Davis Sound Level Meter 

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Tri- axial accelerometer for hand arm

vibration: 

Tri- axial accelerometer for whole body

vibration

Sound book 

A Multichannel instrument for monitoring of

Sound (Sonogramm, Spectrum, FFT, Waterfall,

dBA/dBC/dBZ)

Vibration (Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration)

Human Response to Vibration (X, Y,Z directional)

Meteorological parameters (temp. pressure, wind

velocity, wind direction etc.)