A 960 m segment of 5.2 km four-lane undivided multilane highway in a suburban area is at a 1.5% grade. The highway is in level terrain and lane widths are 3.35 m. The measured free flow speed is 73 km/hr. The peak hour volume is 1900 veh/hr, PHF is 0.9 and there are 13% truck and 2% RVs. Determine the LOS, speed, and density for upgrade and downgrade.

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