A certain road section has 3 lanes per direction. The result of a survey that was conducted to get the Peak Hour Volume from 5pm - 8pm, is given below. Determine the Level of Service (LOS) using the tables below: 5:00-5:15 5:15-5:30 5:30-5:45 5:45-6:00 6:00-6:15 6:15-6:30 6:30-6:45 6:45-7:00 7:00-7:15 7:15-7:30 7:30 - 7:45 7:45-8:00 8:00-8:15 8:15-8:30 8:30-8:45 8:45-9:00 PCEF TMOOEY Types of Highway 2-lane Multi-lane (perlane) Level of Service Cars 15 95 69 95 10 89 47 56 68 12 100 15 19 69 36 69 Cars 1 Traffic Volume Trucks 77 Possible capacity (pcu/hr) 2000 2000 18 25 86 Table 5: LOS for road section evaluation Volume / Capacity Ratio less than 0.20 0.21 -0.50 0.51 -0.70 0.71 -0.85 0.86 -1.00 greater than 1.0 15 2 91 26 59 2 57 92 40 14 15 79 Trucks 2.5 Bus 16 Description free flow traffic free flow traffic moderate traffic 77 58 55 3 49 38 85 24 79 38 59 56 33 83 73 *PCEF = Passenger Car Equivalent Factor; this will convert your traffic volume into pcu/hr Bus 1.5 Motorcycle 51 37 83 47 3 67 75 67 moderate / heavy traffic heavy traffic forced flow, stop and go 15 86 16 29 18 60 7 60 Motorcycle 2.5
A certain road section has 3 lanes per direction. The result of a survey that was conducted to get the Peak Hour Volume from 5pm - 8pm, is given below. Determine the Level of Service (LOS) using the tables below: 5:00-5:15 5:15-5:30 5:30-5:45 5:45-6:00 6:00-6:15 6:15-6:30 6:30-6:45 6:45-7:00 7:00-7:15 7:15-7:30 7:30 - 7:45 7:45-8:00 8:00-8:15 8:15-8:30 8:30-8:45 8:45-9:00 PCEF TMOOEY Types of Highway 2-lane Multi-lane (perlane) Level of Service Cars 15 95 69 95 10 89 47 56 68 12 100 15 19 69 36 69 Cars 1 Traffic Volume Trucks 77 Possible capacity (pcu/hr) 2000 2000 18 25 86 Table 5: LOS for road section evaluation Volume / Capacity Ratio less than 0.20 0.21 -0.50 0.51 -0.70 0.71 -0.85 0.86 -1.00 greater than 1.0 15 2 91 26 59 2 57 92 40 14 15 79 Trucks 2.5 Bus 16 Description free flow traffic free flow traffic moderate traffic 77 58 55 3 49 38 85 24 79 38 59 56 33 83 73 *PCEF = Passenger Car Equivalent Factor; this will convert your traffic volume into pcu/hr Bus 1.5 Motorcycle 51 37 83 47 3 67 75 67 moderate / heavy traffic heavy traffic forced flow, stop and go 15 86 16 29 18 60 7 60 Motorcycle 2.5
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