Consider divided multilane highway in Congressional Avenue (fp = 0.98) that has six lanes (three lanes in each direction) and is on rolling terrain. The highway has 3.3m lanes with a 1.8m right-side shoulder and a 1.7m left-side shoulder. The posted speed limit is 85 kph. Formerly there were 1.2 access points per km, but recent development by Makati City Central Business District has increased the number of access points to 5.2 per km. Before development, the peak-hour factor was 0.95 and the directional hourly volume was 2500 vehicles with 9% large trucks and buses and 2% recreational vehicles. After development, the peak-hour directional flow is 3000 vehicles with the same vehicle percentages and peak-hour factor. What is the level of service before and after the development of Congressional Avenue? Round-off to the nearest value for the average passenger car speed in kph.

Consider divided multilane highway in Congressional Avenue (fp = 0.98) that has six lanes (three lanes in each direction) and is on rolling terrain. The highway has 3.3m lanes with a 1.8m right-side shoulder and a 1.7m left-side shoulder. The posted speed limit is 85 kph. Formerly there were 1.2 access points per km, but recent development by Makati City Central Business District has increased the number of access points to 5.2 per km. Before development, the peak-hour factor was 0.95 and the directional hourly volume was 2500 vehicles with 9% large trucks and buses and 2% recreational vehicles. After development, the peak-hour directional flow is 3000 vehicles with the same vehicle percentages and peak-hour factor. What is the level of service before and after the development of Congressional Avenue? Round-off to the nearest value for the average passenger car speed in kph.

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Consider divided multilane highway in Congressional Avenue (fp = 0.98) that has six lanes
(three lanes in each direction) and is on rolling terrain. The highway has 3.3m lanes with a
1.8m right-side shoulder and a 1.7m left-side shoulder. The posted speed limit is 85 kph.
Formerly there were 1.2 access points per km, but recent development by Makati City
Central Business District has increased the number of access points to 5.2 per km. Before
development, the peak-hour factor was 0.95 and the directional hourly volume was 2500
vehicles with 9% large trucks and buses and 2% recreational vehicles. After development,
the peak-hour directional flow is 3000 vehicles with the same vehicle percentages and
peak-hour factor. What is the level of service before and after the development of
Congressional Avenue? Round-off to the nearest value for the average passenger car
speed in kph.

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