Studies have shown that the traffic flow on a 2 lane highway adjacent to school can be described by the Greenshield's model. A length of 0.50 km adjacent to a school is described as a school zone and operates for a period of 25 minutes just before the start of school and just after the close of school. The posted speed limit for the school zone during its operation is 21 kph. Data collected at the site when school zone is not in operation show that the jam density and mean free for each lane is 119 veh/km and 65 kph respectively. If the demand flow on the highway at the tìme of the operation of the school zone is 95% of the capacity of the highway, calculate the following:

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Studies have shown that the traffic flow on a 2 lane highway adjacent to school can be described by the
Greenshield's model. A length of 0.50 km adjacent to a school is described as a school zone and operates
for a period of 25 minutes just before the start of school and just after the close of school. The posted
speed limit for the school zone during its operation is 21 kph. Data collected at the site when school zone is
not in operation show that the jam density and mean free for each lane is 119 veh/km and 65 kph
respectively. If the demand flow on the highway at the tìme of the operation of the school zone is 95% of
the capacity of the highway, calculate the following:
a. Traffic shockwave created by the operation of the school zone
5.The time the queue of vehicles takes for it to dissipate after the operation of the school zone
CPlot the shockwaves showing capacity flow and jam density in the Q-k diagram
Note: Do not copy the one in Chegg. It is incomplete
Use 4 decimal places. Show full solution
Topic: Theory of Traffic Flow (Highway Engineering)
Transcribed Image Text:Studies have shown that the traffic flow on a 2 lane highway adjacent to school can be described by the Greenshield's model. A length of 0.50 km adjacent to a school is described as a school zone and operates for a period of 25 minutes just before the start of school and just after the close of school. The posted speed limit for the school zone during its operation is 21 kph. Data collected at the site when school zone is not in operation show that the jam density and mean free for each lane is 119 veh/km and 65 kph respectively. If the demand flow on the highway at the tìme of the operation of the school zone is 95% of the capacity of the highway, calculate the following: a. Traffic shockwave created by the operation of the school zone 5.The time the queue of vehicles takes for it to dissipate after the operation of the school zone CPlot the shockwaves showing capacity flow and jam density in the Q-k diagram Note: Do not copy the one in Chegg. It is incomplete Use 4 decimal places. Show full solution Topic: Theory of Traffic Flow (Highway Engineering)
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