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    The peak hour is the single hour of the day with the highest traffic volume, which is important for traffic engineers to consider for design and operational analysis. Peak hourly volumes are used for geometric design, developing traffic operations, highway classification, and identifying capacity deficiencies. Volumes observed over periods less than one hour are expressed as equivalent hourly rates of flow, and the peak hourly factor can be calculated based on comparing the maximum rate of flow over a specified period to the total hourly volume. An example is provided for calculating these rates and factors from a traffic count.

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    The peak hour is the single hour of the day with the highest traffic volume, which is important for traffic engineers to consider for design and operational analysis. Peak hourly volumes are used for geometric design, developing traffic operations, highway classification, and identifying capacity deficiencies. Volumes observed over periods less than one hour are expressed as equivalent hourly rates of flow, and the peak hourly factor can be calculated based on comparing the maximum rate of flow over a specified period to the total hourly volume. An example is provided for calculating these rates and factors from a traffic count.

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    The peak hour is the single hour of the day with the highest traffic volume, which is important for traffic engineers to consider for design and operational analysis. Peak hourly volumes are used for geometric design, developing traffic operations, highway classification, and identifying capacity deficiencies. Volumes observed over periods less than one hour are expressed as equivalent hourly rates of flow, and the peak hourly factor can be calculated based on comparing the maximum rate of flow over a specified period to the total hourly volume. An example is provided for calculating these rates and factors from a traffic count.

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    Lecture 2/ Traffic Engineering/Lab Work

    Peak hour: the single hour of the day that has the highest hourly volume.
    The traffic volume within this hour is of greatest interest to traffic engineers for design
    and operational analysis usage.

    Peak hourly volumes are used for:

    1. geometric design
    2. developing traffic operation program
    3. highway classification
    4. determining the deficiencies in capacity

    Rates of Flow

    Volumes observed for periods of less than one hour are generally expressed as
    equivalent hourly rates of flow.

    *peak hourly factor (P.H.F) =

    Where: Hourly volume = Σ counts

    𝑀𝑎𝑥. 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤 = n * max. reading at the specified period

    n: Number of readings.

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    Ex: The following count where observed on a way compute the following rate:

    a- Hourly volume

    b- Peak rate of flow for 5 minutes rate

    c- Peak rate of flow for 15 minutes period

    d- PHF based upon 15 min. period

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