Traffic Characteristics Along Ipoh-Lnmut Highway And Their Effects to the Level of Service Along the Corridor

The Ipoh-Lumut Highway route has become one of the busiest road networks in state of Perak as a lot of vehicles travelling along the new development region that spans along this arterial route. Therefore, there is no question that number of vehicles is increasing everyday. With respect to that situation, the level of service of the existing road facilities will drop after years and this may results on delay of the developments around the vicinity. Then, there is a justification of upgrading the current road networks to become more capable on handling the escalating number of vehicle entering the networks in the forthcoming years. Due to that, this report will detail the traffic characteristics from J elapang toll exit to Falim. Particularly, the studies done are divided into three main analysis, namely volume counts and vehicle classification, spot speed studies, and travel time and delay studies. All of those data will be used to evaluate the existing level of service of the facilities. In addition, this data also will be used to assist the planning for the upgrading scheme. Consequently, better level of service can be attain thus will boost the development of the area and promote high economic advancement in the future