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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
SERVICE RATES AND DEMANDS ON HIGHWAYS Accident rate for 100 million vehicle miles of travel (HMVM) for a segment
1. A toll bridge carries 6000 veh/day. The current toll is $3.50/vehicle. Studies of a highway.
have shown that for each increase in toll of 50 cents, the traffic volume will
decrease by 500veh/day. It is desired to increase the toll to a point where revenue 𝐴(100 000 000)
𝑅=
will be maximized. 𝐴𝐷𝑇(𝑁)(365𝐿)
A. Write the expression for travel demand on the bridge related to toll increase
and current volume. Accident rate per million entering vehicles (MEV) for an intersection
B. Determine the toll charge to maximum revenues.
C. Determine the traffic in veh/day after toll increase. 𝐴(1 000 000)
D. Determine the total revenue increase with new toll. 𝑅=
𝐴𝐷𝑇(𝑁)(365)

2. (MAY 2016) A ramp meter operates during the morning peak period. Ramp Severity Ratio
meter cycles vary with time as shown in the table below. The metering scheme 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙 + 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠
allows one vehicle per cycle to pass the signal. The table below gives the number 𝑆𝑅 =
𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙 + 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 + 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒
of vehicles demanding service on the ramp during the particular time intervals,
the cumulative demand for the ramp for the morning peak and the ramp meter
cycle for each interval. 1. The projected AADT of a proposed facility is 33,000 veh/day. If the proportion
of AADT in the design hour is 16 percent and the peak-hour directional
TIME PERIOD 15 min Volume Cumulative Meter cycle (s) distribution is 65:35. Determine the DDHV. (3430)
Volume
6:30 – 6:45 75 75 6 2. The number of accidents for 6 years recorded in a certain intersection of a
6:45 – 7:00 100 175 10 highway is 4877. If the average daily traffic is 467, what is the accident rate per
7:00 – 7:15 125 300 12 million entering vehicles?
7:15 – 7:30 110 410 12
7:30 – 7:45 80 490 10 3. The number of accidents for 5 years recorded in a 10 – mile long highway is
7:45 – 8:00 65 555 6 2345. If the average daily traffic is 502, what is the accident rate per hundred
million entering vehicles?
A. What are the service rates for meter cycle 12s? (75)
B. What are the service rates for meter cycle 10s? (90) 4. Data on a traffic accident recorded for the past 5 years on a certain stretch of
C. What are the service rates for meter cycle 6s? (150) a two highway is tabulated as follows. Determine the severity ratio.
D. Determine the time the queue on the ramp begins and ends. (6:45 – 8:00)
YEAR PROPERTY INJURY FATAL
E. Determine the longest queue.
DAMAGE
F. Determine the total delay. (3750veh-min)
2001 213 67 5
2002 178 89 4
PEAK HOUR FACTOR
2003 152 55 3
2004 183 74 2
Peak Hour Factor:
2005 245 29 1
𝑉
𝑃𝐻𝐹 =
4(𝑉15 )
For the given data shown:
TIME VOLUME
8:00 – 8:15 32
8:15 – 8:30 37
8:30 – 8:45 29
8:45 – 9:00 33
9:00 – 9:15 37
9:15 – 9:30 19
A. Peak hour
B. Peak hour volume
C. Peak hour factor

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS

AADT – is the average 24 – hour traffic volume at a given location over a full
year.
ADT – is the average 24 – hour traffic volume at a given location for a period of
time less than a year. (e.g. summer, six months, a month, a season)

Directional Design Hourly Volume:

𝐷𝐷𝐻𝑉 = 𝑘(𝐷)(𝐴𝐴𝐷𝑇)
k = proportion of AADT occurring at the peak hour
D = peak hour volume proportion in the major direction