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Multi-Lane Highways Capacity Analysis

The document discusses multi-lane highways and provides examples of capacity analysis problems. It defines characteristics of multi-lane highways like basic design, capacity, free flow speed, and how they compare to freeways, urban streets, and two-lane highways. It then gives two example problems analyzing capacity for a level four-lane highway segment and determining the cross section needed for a new multi-lane highway segment to meet a level of service D design criterion. The examples provide the data given and step-by-step solutions to the problems.

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Multi-Lane Highways Capacity Analysis

The document discusses multi-lane highways and provides examples of capacity analysis problems. It defines characteristics of multi-lane highways like basic design, capacity, free flow speed, and how they compare to freeways, urban streets, and two-lane highways. It then gives two example problems analyzing capacity for a level four-lane highway segment and determining the cross section needed for a new multi-lane highway segment to meet a level of service D design criterion. The examples provide the data given and step-by-step solutions to the problems.

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MULTI-LANE HIGHWAYS

CAPACITY ANALYSIS
(SI UNITS)

Engr. Neil Francis P. Daquiado


Instructor-I
Multi – lane Highways
Basic Characteristics
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Multi-lane Highway Capacity
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Free Flow Speed
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Vs. Freeways
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Vs. Urban Streets
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Vs. Two-lane highway
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Example Problem 1

A 5.32- km undivided four-lane highway on the level terrain. A 975-m


segment with 2.5 percent grade also is included in the study. The
segment has the following data:

• Level terrain
• 74.0 km/h field measured FFS
• 3.4-m lane width
• 1,900-veh/h peak-hour volume
• 13 percent trucks and buses
• 2 percent RVs
• 0.90 PHF

Determine the peak-hour LOS, speed, and density for the level terrain
portion of the highway.
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Example Problem 1 (Solution)
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Example Problem 2

A new 3.2-km segment of multilane highway with right-of-way width of 27.4 m has
the following data:

• 60,000 AADT
• 80 km/h speed limit
• Peak hour volume is 10% of daily traffic
• Peak-hour traffic ha 55/45 directional split
• Rolling terrain
• 5 percent trucks
• 6 access points/km
• 0.90 peak-hour factor

What is the cross section required to meet the design criterion of LOS D? What is
the expected travel speed for passenger cars?

• Assume that the given AADT is for the design year and that the other factors,
although current, are accepted as representative of expected design year
conditions.
• Assume base FFS to be 8.0 km/h greater than the posted speed.
• BFFS = 80 + 8 = 88.0 km/h
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Example Problem 2 (Solution)
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Example Problem 3
Example Problem 3 (Solution)

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