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Question 23
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All the vehicles that come during a particular peak hour come during a 10-minute period within this hour. The 15-minute peak hour factor for this peak hour is
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The vehicle count obtained in every 10 minute interval of a traffic volume survey done in peak one hour is given below.
Time Interval (in minutes) | Vehicle Count |
|---|---|
0 – 10 | 10 |
10 – 20 | 11 |
20 – 30 | 12 |
30 – 40 | 15 |
40 – 50 | 13 |
50 – 60 | 11 |
The peak hour factor (PHF) for 10 minute sub-interval is ________. (round off to one decimal place)
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Traffic volume count has been collected on a 2-lane road section, which needs upgradation due to severe traffic flow condition. Maximum service flow rate per lane is observed as 1280 veh/h at level of service ‘C’. The Peak Hour Factor is reported as 0.78125. Historical traffic volume count provides Annual Average Daily Traffic as 1220 veh/day. Directional split of the traffic flow is observed to be 60:40. Assuming that traffic stream consists of ‘All Cars’ and all drivers are ‘Regular Commuters’, the number of extra lane(s) (round off to the next higher integer) to be provided is _____.
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The maximum number of vehicles observed in any five minute period during the peak hour is 160. If the total flow in the peak hour is 1000 vehicles, the five minute peak hour factor (round off to 2 decimal places) is ________.
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Peak Hour Factor (PHF) is used to represent the proportion of peak sub-hourly traffic flow within the peak hour. If 15-minute sub-hours are considered, the theoretical possible range of PHF will be
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