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The growth of in urban traffic congestion have been recognized as a serious problem in all large metropolitan areas in Bandar
Baru Bangi with significant effects on the economy, travel behavior and land use, as well as a cause of discomfort for millions of
motorists. Solutions to the congestion problems by traditional approach of simply adding more capacity is often not possible or
desirable. Therefore, improving traffic signal operation (reduce delays, queues, and travel times) and reduce vehicle-operating costs
(reduce fuel consumption) by optimizing signal timing plans is one of the most important solutions. Ratrout et al. (2014) stated that
traffic signal timing optimization is one of the most cost-effective methods for reducing vehicle operating costs and improving traffic
flow performance along urban arterials. This Study is to evaluate the adequacy one the widely used traffic simulation/optimization
TRANSYT-7F.

1.1 PROBLEMS STATEMENT

Traffic congestion and long queues at the intersections occurred during rush hours repeatedly observed in Bandar Baru Bangi. It
has been observed a significant rise in the request of vehicles in recent years in Malaysia concurrent with speedy economic
improvement (Albrka at el. 2013). This problem is caused primarily by the poor coordination of traffic signal control, poor road
planning of most of the intersections and substandard geometric design. So, these traffic conditions need to be evaluated and studied.
Study by Muhammad Razuhanafi at el. (2020) stated that traffic congestion has an impact on the quality of live, accidents, carbon
emissions, higher fuel consumption and financial impact on car owners.

1.2 OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this study are:
1. To evaluate the level of services (LOS) of each junctions at Bandar Baru Bangi.
2. To coordinate the traffic signals in order to enhance the efficiency of road junction networks.

1.3 SCOPE

Bandar Baru Bangi is a growing city in Malaysia. The experiment was conducted in Bandar Baru Bangi involving fourteen (14)
intersections. The schematic diagram for each intersection is given in Figure 1. The study considers certain regions in the most
important urban areas in this city in terms of their active traffic, which causes traffic congestion in the morning and evening peak
hours. The study area comprises of 14 intersections or nodes and they were selected due their suitability such the length of the links
are not very long and not very short. In this study, there are three peak periods daily which normally start at 7:30 to 8:30 in the
morning, at 1:00 to 2:00 in the afternoon and at 4:30 to 5:30 in the evening. The names of roads involved in this study are:

Intersection Road’s name
1-2 Jalan Bangi
2-3 Jalan Reko
3-4 Jalan Reko
4-5 Jalan Reko

5-6 Persiaran Bangi
6-7 Persiaran Bangi-Persiaran
Perkeliling
7-8 Persiaran Perkeliling
8-9 Persiaran Perkeliling
9-10 Persiaran Kemajuan

10-11 Persiaran Kemajuan
11-12 Persiaran Kemajuan
12-13 Persiaran Pusat Bandar 1
13-14 Persiaran Bandar

Figure 1.1 : Location of the study area and the 14 intersections

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