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    CE 490: Capacity Assignment

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    1) Determine the level of service and free flow speed for an older freeway with given characteristics including traffic volume, number of lanes, grade, vehicle types, and compute it by hand and using software. 2) Compute the volume to capacity ratio and level of service for a two-lane rural highway with given characteristics including length, width, shoulders, access points, vehicle types, and directional split. 3) Compute the number of lanes required and expected passenger car speed to operate a highway at level of service D, given characteristics including base free flow speed, lane width, shoulders, vehicle types, grade, and design hourly volume for a level segment and uphill segment, and use software to find the design volume

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    1) Determine the level of service and free flow speed for an older freeway with given characteristics including traffic volume, number of lanes, grade, vehicle types, and compute it by hand and using software. 2) Compute the volume to capacity ratio and level of service for a two-lane rural highway with given characteristics including length, width, shoulders, access points, vehicle types, and directional split. 3) Compute the number of lanes required and expected passenger car speed to operate a highway at level of service D, given characteristics including base free flow speed, lane width, shoulders, vehicle types, grade, and design hourly volume for a level segment and uphill segment, and use software to find the design volume

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    1) Determine the level of service and free flow speed for an older freeway with given characteristics including traffic volume, number of lanes, grade, vehicle types, and compute it by hand and using software. 2) Compute the volume to capacity ratio and level of service for a two-lane rural highway with given characteristics including length, width, shoulders, access points, vehicle types, and directional split. 3) Compute the number of lanes required and expected passenger car speed to operate a highway at level of service D, given characteristics including base free flow speed, lane width, shoulders, vehicle types, grade, and design hourly volume for a level segment and uphill segment, and use software to find the design volume

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    CE 490: Capacity Assignment

    1) Determine level of service and free flow speed for an older


    freeway with the following characteristics:
    traffic volume = 4200 vehicles per hour in one
    direction
    three lanes in each direction
    grade = 2%, 2 miles in length
    proportions of traffic:
    passenger cars = 80%
    trucks = 15%
    buses = 3%
    recreational vehicles = 2%
    lane width = 11 feet
    experienced drivers (adj=1.0)
    a retaining wall, just 2 feet outside the right lane
    base free flow speed = 70 mph
    peak hour factor = 1.0
    interchange density of 0.50 interchanges per mile
    Compute by hand and verify using HCS-2000 software (operations analysis).

    2) A rural two lane, class 1 highway, ten miles long in rolling terrain
    is 20 ft. wide with 6 ft. shoulders and occasional obstructions 2 ft.
    from either edge has a projected ADT of 3500 veh./day (peak hour
    traffic is 15% of ADT). The highway has a base free flow speed of
    55 mph, a peak hour factor of 1.0 and eight access points per mile.
    The highway carries 15% trucks, 3% recreational vehicles and no
    buses. The directional split is 60-40 during peak periods, and there are 30% no passing zones. What
    is v/c and the corresponding level of service during the peak hour with the given conditions? (Use the
    two way segment approach.)

    3) Compute the number of lanes required (design analysis) and the expected passenger car speed for a
    highway designed to operate at a level of service "D" for a freeway, given:
    base free flow speed = 70 mph
    lane width = 10 ft.
    shoulders are more than 6 feet wide on both sides
    10% trucks, no RV's, no buses
    peak hour factor = 0.9
    design hourly volume = 2000 in each direction
    interchange density = 0.50
    drivers are experienced (adj =1.0) for a:

    a) 5 mile level segment


    b) 5 mile segment at 4% grade (uphill)
    Compute parts a and b by hand and verify using HCS-2000 software (design analysis).
    c) Using the HCS-2000 software, find the design volume (to the nearest 100 vehicles per
    hour) for the 5 mile, 4% grade where the number of lanes required goes from 2 to 3 at
    LOS D. (this will be a trial and error process)

    Due May 10, 2005.

    D:\COURSES\CE490\HOMEWORK\CAPACITY 04.DOC
    May 10, 2005

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