Abstract
Investment in the transport sector constitutes a significant part of the total investment. This is especially factual in the case of developing nations, where transport is the catalyst for all round development and is one of the basic infrastructures. The traffic forecasting for any particular road depends upon the population in the influence zone, per capita income, Gross domestic product (GDP). So perceptive the travel characteristics of the traffic using a particular stretch is important for forecasting. Road Side Interview (RSI) technique is one of the Origin - Destination survey methods to identify the zone of influence. RSI is the best method which gives the travel pattern of the vehicles at micro level for the calculation of traffic growth rates using Econometric models. In this paper, an attempt has been made to utilize the RSI data analysis results for the calculation of traffic growth rates for Sambalpur - Jharsuguda section of SH-10 in the state of Odisha (India).
