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    The document provides solutions to 5 traffic engineering problems involving calculations related to traffic flow characteristics such as speed, density, flow rate, queue length, and signal timing. The problems cover topics like determining the relationship between speed and density on a road, calculating vehicle spacing and headways from aerial photos, optimizing signal cycle length, and computing pedestrian crossing times at intersections.

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    1.

    The Relationship between the space mean speed and (U) and the density (k) on a given transportation
    facility can be described as u=100-0.85k, where u is in kph. Determine the free flow speed(uf), jam
    density(kj) and the maximum flow(qmax) for this facility.

    SOLUTION:

    a.) Uf=100-0.85k ans. 100 kph

    b.) Kj=100-0.85(k)=0 ans. 117.647 veh/km

    c.) qmax= 100(117.647) / 4 ans.2941.175 veh/hr

    2. Data obtained from an aerial photography shows 12 vehicles on a 275m long section of road. For the
    same section, an observer counts a total of 7 vehicles during 15s interval. Determine a.) the spacing of
    vehicles b.) time headway between successive vehicles c.) space mean speed

    SOLUTION:

    a). s=275/12 ans. 22.917 veh/m

    b.) ht=15/7 =2.143 x 1/60 ans. 0.036 veh/min

    c.) us= 28/0.044 ans. 641.667 or 636.364 m/s

    3. The Section of the freeway is has a speed-flow relationship of the form q=au^2+bu. The section has a
    maximum flow rate value or capacity equal to 2000 veh/hr

    a.) 52= uf/2 ans. 104 km/hr

    b.) 2000=(104)(kj)/4 ans. 76.923veh/km

    c.) 900= (-0.073964497)(u)^2+(1000/13)u ans.u1=90.563km/hr u2=13.436km/hr

    4. An observer has determined that the time headway between successive vehicles on a section of a
    highway are exponentially distributed and that 65% of the headways between vehicles 9 seconds or
    greater.

    SOLUTION:

    a.) P(4) = (0.048x30)^4 e^-(0.048)(30)/4! ans. 4.245%


    5. A section of a highway is known to have a free flow speed of 95 mi/h and a capacity of 5300veh/h. In
    a given hour, 2900 vehicles were counted at a specified point along this highway section.

    SOLUTION:

    b.) 2900=223.1584-u^2/95 (223.158) ans. U1=79.464 mi/hr U2=15.534 mi/hr

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    1. Vehicles begin to arrive at a park entrance at 7:45a.m at a constant rate of 6 vehicles per minute and
    at a constant rate of 4 vehicles per minute from 8:00am onwards.

    SOLUTION

    a.) Determine the maximum departure rate needed to achieve the said condition?

    P x 15 = 90 +15 x 4 ans. 10veh/minute

    b.) Determine the total vehicle delay for said condition/

    T= 675 +90t – 45t

    =675 + 45t

    675 +45t = 810 + 360t

    t=15minutes

    T=675+45(15) ans.1350minutes

    2. At 8:00am there are 10 vehicles in a queue at a toll booth and vehicles area arriving at the rate of
    A(t)=6.9-0.2t, beginning at 8:00am. Vehicles are being serviced at a rate of u(t)=2.1+0.3t.

    SOLUTION

    a.) What is the maximum queue length?

    Q(t) = 4.8 x 9.6 - 0.25 x (9.6)^2 ans. 23.04veh


    b.) what would the total vehicle delay be from 8:00am until the queue clears?

    0.25t =4.8 t=19.2min

    D1= 1,271.80-233.57-917.91 ans. 120.31 veh/min

    3. At a parking lot, vehicles arrive according to a poisson process and are processed at a uniform
    deterministic rate at a single station. The mean arrival is 4.2 veh/min and the processing rate is 5
    veh/min.

    a.) determine the average length of queue

    Q=0.84^2 / 2(1-0.84) ans. 2.205

    b.) Determine average time spent in the system.

    W= 0.84 / 2(5) (1-0.84) ans. 0.525min/veh

    c.) Determine the average waiting time in queue.

    T=2-0.84 / 2(5)(1-0.84) ans. 0.725 min/veh

    4. An impaired driver checkpoint, the time required to conduct the impairment test varies depending on
    the compliance of the driver, but takes 60seconds on average.

    SOLUTION

    a.) Determine the average time spent in the system

    t= 1/u-x = 1/1-(1/2) ans. 2min/veh

    5. Vehicles arrive at a toll bridge at a rate of 420 veh/h. 2 toll booths are open and each can process
    arrivals at a mean rate of 12 seconds per vehicle.

    a.) Determine the average length of queue

    Q= (3/n)(1.4)^4/2!2 (1/(1-1.4/2)^2) ans. 1.345


    b.)Determine the average time spent in the system.

    T= 1.4+ 1.345 / 7 ans. 0.392 min/ veh

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    1. An intersection has a three phase signal with the movements allowed in each phase and
    corresponding analysis and saturation flow rate shown in the given TABLE.

    a.) Calculate the minimum cycle length

    b.) Calculate effective green time for each phase?

    C.) Determine the optimum cycle length

    Yc = 0.709

    Tl=4(3) = 12s

    Cmin = (12)(0.9) / 0.9-0.709 = 56.545=60sec

    G11 = 0.209 (60/0.9) = 13.933= 15sec

    G12 = 0.331 (60/0.9) = 22.067= 25sec

    G13= 0.169 (60/0.9) =15sec

    2. Minimum cycle length for intersection is determined to be 95 seconds. The critical lane 0.235, 0.250,
    0.170 and 0.125

    SOLUTION

    a.) Determine the value of C used

    95=(20)(Xc)/Xc-0.78) ans. 0.988


    3. Consider the given intersection. Suppose northbound and southbound approaches are both on an 8%
    upgrade

    a.) Determine the yellow NB-SB

    1+51.333/2(10)+2(32.2)(0/100) ans. 3.041=3.5s

    b.) Determine the all read NB-SB

    36+20/58.667 ans.0.95s

    c.) Determine the yellow EB-WB

    1+58.667/2(10)+2(32.2)(0/100) ans. 3.933= 4s

    d.) Determine the all red EB-WB

    60+20/51.333 ans. 1.364 = 1.5s

    4. Compute the pedestrian green time for the NB-SB and EB-WB approaches of the intersection given in
    the previous problem.

    a.) Determine the pedestrian green NB-SB

    3.2 + 36/3.5 + (0.27x20) ans. 18.8857sec

    b.) Determine the pedestrian green EB-WB

    3.2 + 60/ 3.5 + (0.27x20) ans. 25.743sec

    5. An approach to a pretimed signal has 30 seconds of effective red and D/D/1 queuing holds. The total
    delay approach is 83.33 veh-s/cycle

    a.) Determine the flow rate

    166 = v x 30^2 x 0.278 / 0.278- v v=0.110veh/s

    V = 0.110 x 3600 ans. 396 veh/hr


    b.) Cycle length

    0.605C = 30 ans. 49.58=50sec

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