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Air quality has been mapped and studied through various sources like satellite imageries, air quality data. To relate it with traffic count is another way of approach which shows us how the traffic intensity of an area has an impact on the air quality. Apart from various anthropogenic factors, natural factor’s role of traffic plays a somewhat role in it. Transportation infrastructure plays a detrimental role in the upliftment of any society. In this study we see how through the noble use of Google Earth imageries traffic count was done to correlate with the air quality of the 38 monitoring stations. There exists a strong relation between the air quality and traffic count as it shows a positive trend between them, , especially in the count of PM 2.5 and PM 10 wherein we can see that there exists a strong correlation with P value being 2.162 and 1.52 respectively which makes the null hypothesis to be accepted. PM 2.5 main source being vehicular emission is rightly showed in the regression analysis which shows an upward trend line stating a direct relation between two. PM 10 though has the highest emission from industries, it is followed by vehicular emissions in the city. The effect of Nitrogen dioxide from vehicular emissions has a minimal relation to it. Transport infrastructure and Transport management in the city plays a crucial role in the effective management of traffic congestion, vehicular emissions and adding on to the pollution due to these emissions. Cost effective, sustainable, cheap modes of transportation which meets the end-to-end connectivity of the commuters has been brought into effect so that both monetary wise and environmentally both are kept in balance.
Keywords: Traffic Count, Air Quality, Transport Infrastructure, Urban Transport System.
