Akhilesh Kumar Maurya - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India: 5th CTRG Volume 2

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The Transportation Research Group of India (TRG) has brought out this edited book titled 5th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India in three volumes. Volume I of the book includes the papers submitted on themes, TCT-A01: Pavements and materials, TCT-D01: Travel behaviour and transport demand, and TCT-H01: Emerging travel technology, while Volume II covers papers on the theme TCT-B01: Traffic flow theory, operations and facilities; TCT-C01: Transport planning, policy, economics and project finance, and TCT-I01: Other transportation modes (including NMT) and pedestrian. Volume III presents a compilation of papers on the theme TCT-E01: Environment (including energy) and sustainability in transportation, TCT-F01: Transportation safety and security, and TCT-G01: Transport and mobility networks (including public transportation, freight and logistics). We acknowledge the support rendered in handling the review process by the co-chairs of the respective TCTs, namely Prof. Gowri Asaithambi, Prof. Debasis Basu, and Prof. Shriniwas Arkatkar.

Incidentally, this year also commemorates the successful completion of 10 years of TRG. TRG was an initiative to bring all transportation academicians and professionals to one platform to work on transportation-related problems in India and collectively propose remedial measures for better traffic and transportation in the country. We have been associated with the setting up of TRG from its inception, and as founding members, it gives us immense pleasure to see that this professional body has come up to an age where it can claim at the global level to be a representative body of transportation professionals in India. It is also a golden moment to share some of the good research works done by Indian transportation professionals in the areas of traffic flow, facilities, transport planning, economics, and other transport modes through this volume.

Volume II of the 5th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India consists of 35 papers. Out of these, 21 papers are related to traffic flow, operations, and facilities; nine papers present works done in the area of transport planning, policy, economics, and project finance; and five papers focus on other transportation modes which includes non-motorized transport and pedestrians. Research areas covered under theme TCT-B01 include saturation flow, queue discharge, and control delay estimation at signalized/unsignalized intersections, flows in merging sections, driver behaviour studies, simulation of traffic control management, and capacity of urban divided roads. Research papers on the theme TCT-C01 cover topics related to financing approaches and performance evaluation of transit projects or services, electric buses, LOS of urban parking systems, economic evaluation of highway projects, and effect of NPV, rental and land value on transit development. Research works on other varied topics related to electric two-wheelers, walk-access infrastructure, crowd density prediction, access environment of transit services, LOS approaches for sidewalks, and effect of street design, and operational factors on the use of green transport have been submitted under the theme TCT-I01. This book on conference proceedings is a compilation of good works that are screened through a double-blind review system and provides the readers with research thoughts that will take the future of transportation in the country forward.