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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

ME - SEMESTER–1 (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2018
Subject Code: 3711302 Date: 02/01/2019
Subject Name: Traffic Engineering
Time: 02:30 PM To 05:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full mark

Q.1 (a) Define – Volume, Speed, Density, Space Headway, Time Headway, Time Mean 07
Speed, Space Mean Speed.
(b) What are the basic components of road traffic? Explain road user’s 07
characteristics.
Q.2 (a) What are the purposes of classified traffic volume count? Explain any one 07
method of it.
(b) Explain with sketch formation of shock-wave in traffic flow using flow-density 07
graph.
OR
(b) Enlist the Methods of O & D studies. Explain Post Card Method. 07
Q.3 (a) What are the applications of Travel time and Delay studies? Explain any one 07
method of it.
(b) Explain the purposes of parking study. 07
OR
Q.3 (a) What are the types of accidents? Describe in detail accident reporting. 07
(b) Describe the floating car method of speed and delay study. 07
Q.4 (a) What do you understand by Level of Service on highway? Explain LOS for 07
uninterrupted flow on rural highways.
(b) Write short note on: (i) Parking accumulation and duration study, (ii) Condition 07
diagram for accident study.
OR
Q.4 (a) Explain the Webster’s method for finding optimum signal cycle time on four 07
arm junction having two-way divided lane flow on both the streets.
(b) What is ‘Weaving’? Describe with sketches different types of weaving areas on 07
freeway as per HCM.
Q.5 (a) Discuss in brief: (i) Pedestrian flow-speed-density measurement, (ii) TSM 07
techniques.
(b) Explain various types of road marking. 07
OR
Q.5 (a) Explain Greenshield’s Speed – Density Model. 07
(b) What are the preventive measures for reducing accidents? Give also table for 07
improvement type and reduction in accidents.

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