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Chapter 6, Problem 18P
To determine
(a)
The maximum queue length that will be formed.
To determine
(b)
The total delay.
To determine
(c)
The number of vehicles that will be affected by the incident.
To determine
(d)
The average individual delay.
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Consider the problem of traffic flow on a three-lane (one direction) freeway which can be described by the Greenshields model. One lane of the three lanes on a section of this freeway will have to be closed to undertake an emergency bridge repair that is expected to take several hours. It is estimated that the capacity at the work zone will be reduced by 29 percent of that of the section just upstream of the work zone. The mean free flow speed of the highway is 55 mi/h and the jam density is 130 veh/mi/ln. It is estimated that the demand flow on the highway during the emergency repairs is 84 percent of the capacity.
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(a)
the maximum queue length (in veh) that will be formed
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the number of vehicles that will be affected by the incident
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