A four-lane freeway, with a lane capacity of 2,000vph, carries a peak hour volume of 4,000 vph in thesouthbound direction during the am peak hour. TheTTR (minutes per mile) on this expressway can beestimated by the equation below:TTR = 1+ 1.1(V/c)4%3Dwhere: V= Hourly Volume (vph)C= Hourly Capacity (vph)calculate the traffic speed during the peak hour.а.A capacity expansion of one lane in each directionis planned. If the demand elasticity (Ev) is -0.4, andthe supply elasticity (Et) for peak hour conditionscan be estimated from the above equation,What will be the am peak hour demand-supplyi.equilibrium shortly after the new lanes are added?what will be the am peak hour speed after the newi.lanes are added?

Traffic Speed =1/TTR a) During Peak hour V= 4000 vph C= 2000 vph TTR=1+1.1*VC4=…

A four-lane freeway, with a lane capacity of 2,000 vph, carries a peak hour volume of 4,000 vph in the southbound direction during the am peak hour. The TTR (minutes per mile) on this expressway can be estimated by the equation below: TTR = 1+ 1.1(V/c)4 where: V= Hourly Volume (vph) C= Hourly Capacity (vph) a. calculate the traffic speed during the peak hour. A capacity expansion of one lane in each direction is planned. If the demand elasticity (Ev) is -0.4, and the supply elasticity (Et) for peak hour conditions can be estimated from the above equation, What will be the am peak hour demand-supply equilibrium shortly after the new lanes are added? what will be the am peak hour speed after the new i. i. lanes are added?

A four-lane freeway, with a lane capacity of 2,000 vph, carries a peak hour volume of 4,000 vph in the southbound direction during the am peak hour. The TTR (minutes per mile) on this expressway can be estimated by the equation below: TTR = 1+ 1.1(V/c)4 where: V= Hourly Volume (vph) C= Hourly Capacity (vph) a. calculate the traffic speed during the peak hour. A capacity expansion of one lane in each direction is planned. If the demand elasticity (Ev) is -0.4, and the supply elasticity (Et) for peak hour conditions can be estimated from the above equation, What will be the am peak hour demand-supply equilibrium shortly after the new lanes are added? what will be the am peak hour speed after the new i. i. lanes are added?

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