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Operational analysis of transportation facilities is critical for making efficient use of existing transportation resources and for proposing improvements. Signalized intersections are the most complex locations in urban networks. The operational conditions of such intersections profoundly affect the well being of the transportation of goods and passengers in cities. There are several methods available for operational analysis including mathematical models and traffic simulation models; however the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) has been widely accepted and applied as a standard method. Three Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) commonly used to evaluate signalized intersection operations are capacity and volume-tocapacity (v/c) ratio, delay and queue. In the present research work, an attempt is made to estimate the capacity and v/c ratio, control delay and assign them to a Level of Service (LOS) at three identified signalized intersections of a medium sized city in India. The results obtained are analysed and remedial measures suggested to improve the operational performance of study intersections. In addition, the field measured control delay is compared with HCM 2000 delay model and Gopal Patil (2002) delay model developed for mixed traffic in India

Non–metallic reinforcement is of recent origin to eliminate the corrosion problems in concrete structures and is having very good qualities, which are required to tailor the need of anti corrosive reinforcement. Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) rebars comes under this category and its structural properties makes it to use for variety of applications. Hence, an attempt is made to find the suitability of GFRP rebar as reinforcement for compression members. This paper aims to investigate the possibilities of identifying suitable alternate reinforcement to steel and compare their performance in terms of load carrying capacity. M60 grade of concrete was chosen for the study and the cross section of the compression member chosen is square. The slenderness ratios of 6 and 8 were adopted and the end conditions are pinned. A critical analysis is made with experimental investigations. It is concluded that the load carrying capacity of GFRP reinforced column is 56% and 40% more compared to steel reinforced column for slenderness ratios of 6 and 8 respectively.