One of the following choices is not among the aspects that ( AADT ) volumes are used for : * Development of freeway and major arterial streets system. Evaluation of economic feasibility of highway project. Highway improvement and maintanance. Measuring the present traffic flow.
Q: Q1 /A volume of 200 vehicles observed in 10min period implies. Calculate flow rate.
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Q: SITUATION: The following data were taken on five vehicles travelling a 1.5 km portion of the NLEX.…
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Q: Example 2 A freeway is being designed for a location in mountainous terrain. The expected free- flow…
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Q: 1. Two platoons of cars are timed over a distance of 0.7 km. Their flows are recorded. The first…
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Q: A Greenberg’s model was developed based on data collected from a roadway. The following values are…
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Q: AADT of 1650 veh/hr. 12 crashes over 2 year period four of which were injury crashes. if the RMVM =…
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Q: Q3/ Answer the following 1- Classify the rural highways ,indicate the design speed in km/hr for each…
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Q: HW: Traffic volumes for each 10 minutes interval have been collected on a highway as shown in the…
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Q: A traffic engineer urgently needs to determine the AADT on a rural primary road that has the volume…
A: Data collected on a Friday during the month of March. Determine the AADT of the road ?
Q: This is a three-part question. Data obtained from aerial photography showed eight vehicles on an 800…
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Q: Scheduled maintenance will close two of the four westbound lanes of a freeway during one weekday for…
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Q: The capacity of a highway is suddenly reduced to 60% of its normal capacity due toclosure of certain…
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Q: The accompanying data (Table Q2) shows spot speeds collected at Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur. Based on…
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Q: Q7: Answer the following: 1. Show by sketch the space headway diagram. 2. We can obtain the AADT…
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Q: Determine the number of lanes required to provide Level of Service “B”(0.50) for an urban street…
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Q: Q3/ Show how to determine the number of lanes for a multilane minor arterial highway is being…
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Q: A section of highway having a length 60 m. The observed data are 6 vehicles cross over it in a…
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Q: Determine the density of traffic on a highway for free flow speed of 80 km/hr and flow rate of 1200…
A: Given: Free flow speed, v =80 km/hr Flow rate, q = 1200 pc/hr/ln
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Q: Data obtained from aerial photography showed six vehicles on a 180m long section of road. Traffic…
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Q: A section of highway has a speed-flow relationship of the form q = au? + bu It is known that at…
A: Given data Speed-flow relationship, q = au^2 + bu Highway capacity =3100 veh/h The space-mean speed…
Q: 5- Traffic volume study was conducted in a section of road in month of April the following…
A: The hourly expansion factor is HEF=18. The POV for particular hour is 650 veh/h. Total weekly volume…
Q: A stretch of four-lane, two-way highway 5.0 km long has a traffic volume of 35,000 vehicles per day.…
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Q: Calculate the estimated free flow speed of a Class II two-lane highway if the field measured mean…
A: Given: The mean speed is 56.5 mph. The flow rate is 650 vph.
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Q: B- Discuss with the aid of graph the vehicle operation cycle, in public transportation.
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Q: SITUATION: The following data were taken on five vehicles travelling a 1.5 km portion of the NLEX…
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Q: 2. A section of highway has the following flow-density relationship. Estimate the capacity of a…
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Q: Tubibi Highway is a Class II Two-lane highway that is considered a level terrain. Based on the data,…
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Q: B) What is the purpose of study two from following:- 1- Annual average daily traffic. 2- Design…
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Q: For the following speed-density relationship of a highway, determine 1) mean free-flow speed, 2) jam…
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Q: (show your formula) Given the figure above, compute for the Annual Average Daily Traffic of the…
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Q: The 20-year projection of annual average daily traffic of a two-way roadway is 36.500 vehicles. The…
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Q: Figure 1 indicates a set of design reference flows for the morning peak at a proposed roundabout…
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Q: 'Given the below shown flow density model for a section of a highway, Calculate the flow (in vph)…
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Q: Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Seasonal cycle of traffic volume during…
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Q: A separate bus lane is proposed to replace a single freeway lane witha capacity of 2000 veh/hr. If…
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- Q2: a. Show how to determine the number of lanes for a rural highway required to serve a current volume 5000 veh/day. The following data are to be used: annual growth rate = 4%, design and construction period = 22 years, percent of trucks = 10 (pc equivalent factor = 2), design capacity of lane = 900 pc/hr/lane and the directional distribution factor = 75%.Three routes connect an origin-destination pair with performance functions:t₁ = 20 +0.5x1t2 = 4+ 2x2t3=3+0.2x3with t in minutes and x in thousand vehicles per hour.(a) Determine the User Equilibrium flow on each route if q = 4000veh/h. (b) What is the minimum q (origin-destination demand) to ensure that all the three routes are used under user equilibrium? (c) Suppose that Route 1 is closed for repair. Find the system optimal flow on routes 2 and 3 and compute the total travel times.Three routes connect an origin to a destination with the following link performance functions: t_1 = 8 + 0.5 x_2 t_2 = 1 + 2x_2 t_3 = 3 + 0.75x_3 where t's in minutes and x's in thousands of vehicle per hour. If the peak-hour traffic demand is 4000 vehicles, determine the user equilibrium (UE) flows.
- Q3/ Show how to determine the number of lanes for a multilane minor arterial highway is being designed through a mountain rural area required to serve a current ADT of 5000 ypd. The following data should be used in solution: annual growth rate 4%, design, construction period = 22 years, percent of trucks 10 (pc equivalent factor= 2.0), peak hour factor 90% and the directional distribution factor 60%. %3D3. Three routes connect an origin-destination pair with performance functions: ti=20 +0.51 t₂ = 4+2x2 tε = 3 +0.2x² with t in minutes and r in thousand vehicles per hour. (a) Determine the User Equilibrium flow on each route if q = 4000veh/h. (b) What is the minimum q (origin-destination demand) to ensure that all the three routes are used under user equilibrium? (c) Suppose that Route 1 is closed for repair. Find the system optimal flow on routes 2 and 3 and compute the total travel times.A two-lane, one-way, rural freeway segment is being designed to service a demand volume of 4,000 vehicles per hour. The PHF is expected to be 0.95. If the combination of trucks, buses, and recreational vehicles is represented by a heavy vehicle adjustment of 0.85, what is the flow rate (pcphpl)? Provide your answer to the nearest integer.
- The Jeffersonville Transportation Study Area has been divided into four large districts (traffic zones). The following data have been collected for those districts. Provide a trip distribution calculation using the gravity model for two Assume Kij = 1.Question - 1: Traffic needs to be calculated for a road network shown in Figure 1.1. Residential Area Table 1: Traffic data for road section AA Vehicle Type Number of axles 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 B Figure 1.1: Road network Information available regarding the project: The road needs to be designed for 20 years. The roads are two directional and have two lanes. Information available regarding Traffic: Bus Pickup truck Single unit truck Rigid truck Residential Area Classified traffic count was conducted in the region shown in Figure 1.1. Based on the traffic count data, the proportions of vehicle type for road section AA and road section BB are shown in Table 1.1 and Table 1.2 respectively. The total annual average daily traffic in 2018 for road section AA and road section BB are 10000 and 6000 vehicles respectively. Percentage of truck traffic (buses+trucks+trailers) for road section AA and road section BB are 20% and 5%. Articulated truck Articulated truck Using a land usage model, the predicted…4. Determine the required number of lanes for a proposed highway that will provide an LOS B. the highway is designed to accommodate future daily traffic for the following vehicles:*PCEF for Taxis: 1.00 * Vehicle Volume, pcu Cars 750 Jeepneys Taxis 500 365 Buses 125 Trucks 150 motorcycles 235
- Q2 /a/ There was a need to know the volumes traffic for a rural project where 24 hrs. flows were counted on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in December as follow, Thursday = 8000, Friday = 8000 and Saturday = 10000. Q2 /b/ Design data is required for improvement of two – lane of two way highway with central reserve. The current traffic in 2016 expressed by AADT is 3000 vehicles. The improved road with a design life of 20 years will opened to traffic in 2021, the estimated annual growth rate of traffic is 8%, K-factor is 12% of AADT and D (Directional distribution) is 55% of total traffic. Find DDHV.8.21 Three routes connect an origin and destination with performance functions t₁ = 2 +0.5x₁,₂ = 1 + x2 and 13 = 4 + 0.2x, (with f's in minutes and x's in thousands of vehicles per hour). Determine user- equilibrium flows if the total origin-to-destination demand is (a) 5000 veh/h.The daily counts of the current traffic volume for a rural highway for one week of May 2000 are as shown in the following table: Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Day Daily volume 12000 12500 10500 11500 9500 9000 8500 The traffic is composed of 70% passenger car, 20% bus, 10% truck. The percent of future traffic to current traffic is predicted to be 180% up to May 2020. Determine the required number of lanes for this highway if the lane capacity is 1300 pc/hr.