35.5 - Highway Capacity
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Practice Questions
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What is highway capacity?
💡 Hint: Consider what affects vehicle movement.
What are traffic conditions?
💡 Hint: Think about what vehicles are on the road.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is highway capacity primarily affected by?
💡 Hint: Focus on what types of vehicles are present.
True or False: Highway capacity is always maximum capacity ever recorded.
💡 Hint: Consider how traffic can vary from day to day.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a traffic volume of 2000 vehicles during peak times and a lane width that allows for 25 vehicles per minute, calculate the required number of lanes to accommodate the traffic volume.
💡 Hint: Think about how to tackle the division of total volume by flow.
Describe how you would implement changes in roadway design to improve capacity in a suburban area prone to traffic jams during rush hour.
💡 Hint: Focus on enhancing road and signal characteristics.
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