6.14 A freeway segment currently has four 11-ft wide lanes and a 3-ft right shoulder in the southbound direction. It is operating in LOS B with a traffic density of 15.6 pc/mi/ln and a peak-hour factor of 0.85. The freeway is on level terrain with 15% heavy vehicles, and currently has no on- or off- ramps within a distance of three miles upstream and downstream of the mid-point of the analysis section. New interchanges are to be constructed that would result in 6 on- and off-ramps within the distance of three miles upstream and downstream of the mid- point of the analysis section and total traffic volume is projected to double, with the same percentage of heavy vehicles, and the peak-hour factor going to 0.95. What would the new LOS and density be after the interchange construction and new traffic conditions?

6.14 A freeway segment currently has four 11-ft wide lanes and a 3-ft right shoulder in the southbound direction. It is operating in LOS B with a traffic density of 15.6 pc/mi/ln and a peak-hour factor of 0.85. The freeway is on level terrain with 15% heavy vehicles, and currently has no on- or off- ramps within a distance of three miles upstream and downstream of the mid-point of the analysis section. New interchanges are to be constructed that would result in 6 on- and off-ramps within the distance of three miles upstream and downstream of the mid- point of the analysis section and total traffic volume is projected to double, with the same percentage of heavy vehicles, and the peak-hour factor going to 0.95. What would the new LOS and density be after the interchange construction and new traffic conditions?

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