On a morning peak period of a weekday, a constant traffic flow rate of 8300 vehicles/hour was observed from the suburban area to the city. Assume that aim of the driver was to minimise travel time when selecting a route. Use the above models to estimate the expected traffic flow rate on each route. a)
On a morning peak period of a weekday, a constant traffic flow rate of 8300 vehicles/hour was observed from the suburban area to the city. Assume that aim of the driver was to minimise travel time when selecting a route. Use the above models to estimate the expected traffic flow rate on each route. a)
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Transcribed Image Text:The traffic from a suburban area to a city uses the following five shorter routes, as shown
below.
Access from
Suburban
Route 4
Route 1
Route 5
Route 2
Route 3
Access to
City
The models below show the travel time as a function of traffic flow on each route.
t₁ = 18 + 4.5 x₁
t₂ = 21+ 7.0 x₂
t3 = 26 +
4.9 x3
t4 = 29+
3.4 x4
t5 = 34 + 0.3 x5
Where: t; is travel time on route 'i' (in minutes) and x; is traffic flow on route 'i' (in 1000
vehicles).

Transcribed Image Text:On a morning peak period of a weekday, a constant traffic flow rate of 8300
vehicles/hour was observed from the suburban area to the city. Assume that aim of the
driver was to minimise travel time when selecting a route. Use the above models to estimate
the expected traffic flow rate on each route.
a)
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