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Prof. Arpan Mehar

Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

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Room No: Transportation division, ground floor +91-870-2462125 arpan@nitw.ac.in https://nitw.irins.org/profile/153955 Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 41
    • Conference(s): 1
    • PhD:  Awarded - 7

    42

    PUBLICATIONS

    7

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    Research Areas

    Traffic emission and level of service
    Traffic Flow Modeling, Highway Capacity, Geometric Design
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 2014
    Master of Technology Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 2010
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Transportation Data Analysis(CE66037) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Geometric Design of Transportation Facilities(CE66004) 3-1-0 4 PG
    Traffic Control and Management(CE66033) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Transportation Data Analysis(CE5604) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Geometric Design of Transportation Facilities(CE5652) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Traffic Control and Management(CE5619) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Traffic Flow Modeling and Simulation(CE5670) 3-0-0 3 PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Prediction of operating speed on horizontal curve and tangent: A comparative study of multiple linear and principal component regression, By KK Tottadi, A Mehar, SAICE, South African Institution of Civil Engineering , vol.68(1), pp.21-30, 2026
    Effect of varying geometric and traffic characteristics on Passenger Car Unit on two-lane roads., By KK Tottadi, A Subedi, A Mehar, Aracne Editrice, Advances in Transportation Studies, vol.67, pp.419-436, 2025
    Effect of varying geometric and traffic characteristics on Passenger Car Unit on two-lane roads., By KK Tottadi, A Subedi, A Mehar, Aracne Editrice, Advances in Transportation Studies , vol.67, pp., 2025
    Analyzing acceleration characteristics of right-turning vehicles at uncontrolled intersections: a study on longitudinal and lateral dynamics, By RB Kota, A Mehar, KVR Shankar, SS Pallela, Springer, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, vol.10 (5), pp.19, 2025
    Capacity drop at the bus stop on multilane divided urban roads under mixed traffic conditions, By SS Pallela and Mehar A, Elsevier, IATSS Research, vol.48 (1), pp.14-26, 2024
    Estimating Operating Speed on Highways using Multiple Linear Regression and Artificial Neural Network Technique, By KK Tottadi and Mehar A, Palacky University in Olomouc, Transactions on Transport Sciences, vol.64, pp.3-24, 2024
    Modeling 85th percentile speed differential for evaluating geometric design consistency on two-lane rural highways, By KK Tottadi and Mehar A , Springer International Publishing, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions , vol.9 (4), pp.455-465, 2024
    Prediction of operating speed on horizontal curves of two-lane rural highways using artificial intelligence, By KK Tottadi, A Mehar, Aracne Editrice, Advances in Transportation Studies, vol.64, pp.8-16, 2024
    Analyzing acceleration characteristics of right-turning vehicles at uncontrolled intersections: a study on longitudinal and lateral dynamics, By RB Kota, A Mehar, KVRR Shankar, SS Pallela, Springer International Publishing, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 10 (5), 206, vol., pp., 2024
    Prediction of operating speed on horizontal curves of two-lane rural highways using artificial intelligence., By Tottadi, K. K.; Mehar, A., Aracne Editrice, Advances in Transportation Studies, 2024, , vol.Vol 64,, pp.8-16, 2024
    Prediction of operating speed on horizontal curves of two-lane rural highways using artificial intelligence., By KK Tottadi, and A Mehar, Springer , Advances in Transportation Studies, vol.64, pp.3-24, 2024
    Analysis of Time Headway Characteristics at the Curbside Bus Stop on Multi-Lane Divided Urban Arterials under Mixed Traffic Conditions, By SS Pallela and Mehar A, Springer , KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, vol.28 (8), pp.3520-3532, 2024
    Examining the lane-wise time headway and speed characteristics at curb-side bus stop on four-lane divided urban arterials, By SS Pallela and Mehar A, Springer India, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, vol.104 (2), pp.367-380, 2023
    Longitudinal acceleration and deceleration behavior of vehicles at the curbside bus stop under mixed traffic conditions, By Sruthi Sekhar Pallela and Arpan Mehar, Springer India, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, vol.104 (3), pp. 615–632, 2023
    Modeling Passenger Car Unit and Delay at Signalized Intersections in Mixed Traffic Conditions, By J Jatoth and Mehar A , Universidade do Porto, U. Porto Journal of Engineering , vol.9 (3), pp.28-40, 2023
    Roadway and Traffic Attributes Influencing Occupancy Time of Minor-Road Right-Turning Vehicles at Urban Uncontrolled Intersections, By RB Kota and Mehar A , Universidade do Porto, U. Porto Journal of Engineering , vol.9 (1), pp.122-133, 2023
    Estimation of Queue Length at Signalized Intersection Under Non-Lane Based Traffic Conditions, By J Jithender and A Mehar, Budapest University of Technology and Economics , Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering , vol.51 (1), pp.31-39, 2023
    Modeling of carbon monoxide concentrations at urban signalized intersections using mulitple linear regression and artificial neural networks, By RK Angatha and Mehar A , Suranaree University of Technology, Suranaree J. Sci. Technology, vol.29, , pp.010087, 2022
    Operating speed: review and recommendations for future research, By KK Tottadi and Mehar A , Springer International Publishing, Innovative infrastructure solutions , vol.7, 67, pp.1-13 , 2022
    Development of Lane Change Models Through Microscopic Simulation under Mixed Traffic, By S Seelam and Mehar A , UTM eJOURNALS, Jurnal Teknologi , vol.84 (4), pp.21-27 , 2022
    Amber Phase Effect on Evaluating the Performance of Signalized Intersections under Mixed Traffic Conditions, By J Jithender and Mehar A, KeAi Communications Co., International Journal for Traffic & Transport Engineering , vol.12 (3), pp.315-327, 2022
    Examining the effect of curb-side bus stop on time headway at multilane divided urban roads under mixed traffic conditions, By SS Pallela and Mehar A, Springer International Publishing, Transportation in developing economies , vol.8 (27), , pp.1-13, 2022
    Occupancy time characteristics of right-turning traffic on minor approach at urban uncontrolled intersections., By Kota, R.B and Mehar, A., Aracne Editrice, Advances in transportation studies , vol.58 , pp.277-289, 2022
    Influence of Horizontal Curve Geometry on Operating Speeds on Four-Lane Divided Highways Under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions, By KK Tottadi, C Varma and A Mehar , Springer , Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A , vol.103 (4), pp.1135-1145 , 2022
    Queue Length as Measure of Effectiveness for Evaluating Level of Service at Signalized Intersections under Non-Lane based Traffic Conditions, By J Jithender and AMehar , Springer US, International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research, vol.20 (3), pp.818-829, 2022
    Effect of two-stage crossing of right-turning vehicles on capacity of urban uncontrolled intersections under mixed traffic conditions, By Ramesh Babu Kota, Mehar A, Elsevier, Case Studies on Transport Policy , vol.10 (4), pp.2546-2555, 2022
    Acceleration and deceleration rates of various vehicle categories at signalized intersections in mixed traffic conditions, By S Ramireddy, V Ala, KVR Ravishankar, A Mehar , Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 49 (4),, vol.49 (4), pp.324-332 , 2021
    Evaluating the performance of signalized intersection with signal countdown timer, By J Jatoth, NK Singh, and A Mehar , Springer , International journal of intelligent transportation systems research , vol.19, pp.182-190 , 2021
    Estimation of Cycle By Cycle Queue Length at Approaches of Signalized Intersection Under Mixed Traffic Conditions, By Jatoth Jithender and Arpan Mehar , 28 (2), , Suranaree Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 28 (2),, pp.010039(1-9), 2021
    Simulation of traffic flow to analyze lane changes on multi-lane highways under non-lane discipline, By Seelam Srikanth, Arpan Mehar, Kolisetty Guru Naga Venkata Praveen , Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, vol.48 (2) , pp.109-116, 2020
    Impact of traffic on carbon monoxide concentrations near urban road mid-blocks, By RK Angatha and Mehar A , Springer India, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A , vol.101,, pp.713-722 , 2020
    Impact of vehicles on urban air quality: predictive assessment with an application to Tirumala, By RK Angatha and A Mehar , Springer International Publishing, International Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering , vol.9 (4),, pp.397-407 , 2019
    Development of MLR, ANN and ANFIS models for estimation of PCUs at different levels of service, By S Srikanth and A Mehar , Pouyan Press, Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering , vol.2 (1), pp.18-35 , 2018
    Analysis of side friction on urban arterials, By Pallavi G. and Mehar A, Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Transport and Telecommunication Journal, vol.19 (1), pp.21-31, 2018
    A modified approach for estimation of Passenger Car Units on intercity divided multilane highways, By S Srikanth and A Mehar , Warsaw University of Technology, Archives of transport , vol.42 (2),, pp. 65-74 , 2017
    Estimation of equivalency units for vehicle types under mixed traffic conditions: multiple non-linear regression approach, By Seelam Srikanth, Arpan Mehar , Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of engineering, International Journal of Technology , vol.8 (5), pp.820-829, 2017
    Calibration of VISSIM model for multilane highways using speed flow curves, By S Srikanth, A Mehar and A Parihar , Czech Technical University in Prague, Stavební Obzor-Civil Engineering Journal , vol.26 (3), pp., 2017
    Effect of traffic composition on capacity of multilane highways, By Satish Chandra, Arpan Mehar, and S Velmurugan , Springer International Publishing, KSCE journal of civil engineering , , vol.20 (3), pp.2033-2040, 2016
    Highway capacity through VISSIM calibrated for mixed traffic conditions, By A Mehar, S Chandra and S Velmurugan , Springer Berlin Heidelberg, KSCE journal of Civil Engineering, vol.18, pp.639-645, 2014
    Passenger car units at different levels of service for capacity analysis of multilane interurban highways in India, By A Mehar, S Chandra and S Velmurugan , ASCE, ASCE Journal of transportation engineering , vol.140 (1), , pp.81-88 , 2013
    Speed and acceleration characteristics of different types of vehicles on multi-lane highways, By A Mehar, S Chandra and S Velmurugan , Giordano Editore, European Transport , vol.55 (1), pp.1-12 , 2013
    Conference(s)
    Analyzing headway distribution at bus stop under mixed traffic By RB Kota, Sruthi Sekhar and Arpan Meahar, 8th CTRG conference (TRG India), 2025
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Previous PhD Students
    Ramakanth A (2024)
    Area of Research: Influence of Traffic flow on air quality on urban roads and intersection
    Ramesh K (2024)
    Area of Research: Estimation of capacity and performance evaluation of uncontrolled intersections
    Sruthi S (2024)
    Area of Research: Modeling of headway on multi-lane divided urban roads under mixed traffic conditions
    T. Kiran Kumar (2024)
    Area of Research: Modeling Operating Speed of vehicles on two lane highway under mixed traffic conditions
    Jithender J (2022)
    Area of Research: QUEUEING ANALYSIS AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION FOR DEFINING LEVEL OF SERVICE UNDER MIXED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
    Pallavi. G., (2020)
    Area of Research: CAPACITY ANALYSIS OF MULTILANE DIVIDED URBAN ROADS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SIDE FRICTION IN HETEROGENEOUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
    Seelam Srikanth (2019)
    Area of Research: Traffic flow Modeling and Simulation of Traffic flow Behaviour on Multi-lane Highways under Mixed Traffic Conditions.
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME / GIAN
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Member of Institute Safety Commetee (Continuing from November, 2025)
    •  PhD Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering (Continuing from March, 2024)
     Last updated on May 9, 2026