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16.03.2020 Traffic Engineering and Safety Assignment QP Set No. 1

This document contains a test question paper for the course "Traffic Engineering and Safety" for Civil Engineering students. It consists of 4 questions worth a total of 30 marks. The questions assess students' ability to apply traffic engineering concepts. Question 1 involves analyzing speed data through calculations of statistical measures. Question 2 requires determining the number of additional parking spaces needed based on given utilization data. Question 3 involves analyzing capacity of a roundabout based on geometric details. Question 4 examines using a chi-square test to determine if road safety improvements were effective based on before-and-after accident records. Hints and formulas are provided to help students solve the problems.

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16.03.2020 Traffic Engineering and Safety Assignment QP Set No. 1

This document contains a test question paper for the course "Traffic Engineering and Safety" for Civil Engineering students. It consists of 4 questions worth a total of 30 marks. The questions assess students' ability to apply traffic engineering concepts. Question 1 involves analyzing speed data through calculations of statistical measures. Question 2 requires determining the number of additional parking spaces needed based on given utilization data. Question 3 involves analyzing capacity of a roundabout based on geometric details. Question 4 examines using a chi-square test to determine if road safety improvements were effective based on before-and-after accident records. Hints and formulas are provided to help students solve the problems.

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GMR Institute of Technology, Quality Management System

Assignment Test Question Paper (GMRIT : QMS)

U.G. Civil Engineering Degree Bachelor of Technology


Academic Year 2018 – 2019 Assignment Test I Sem. IV
Course Title
Course Code 16CE006
Traffic Engineering and Safety
Duration 120 Minutes Maximum Marks 30 (THIRTY)
Remembe
Cognitive Level (%) Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create
r
Percentage 00 00 100 00 00 00
(Answer Any Two Questions)
2 x 15 = 30 Marks

Q. No. Questions RBT Level COs


1 The speed data collected for a segment of a National Highway Apply CO1-CO6
is given below:
Vehicle Type
Speed Trucks
S. No. Cars Others
Class /Buses
1 30-40 10 10 04
2 40-50 13 14 11
3 50-60 21 18 19
4 60-70 27 19 30
5 70-80 14 14 14
6 80-90 10 11 11
7 90-100 10 10 02
8 100-110 10 04 01
9 110-120 05 03 01
10 120-130 02 01 01
Compute the following objectives:
a) Draw the histogram of speeds.
b) Draw the cumulative frequency curve and find the values
of (i) median speed, (ii) modal speed, and (iii) 15 th, 85th and
98th percentile speeds.
c) Mean speed
d) Standard deviation of speed values
e) Coefficient of variation of the speeds
f) Standard Error (SE) of speed values
g) Range of speed at which the mean speed lies within 95%
confidence, and
h) The size of the sample at which the SE is restricted to 0.50
km/ hr
Hints and/or formula for solving Problem No. 1:
 Formula for Co-variance:

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GMR Institute of Technology, Quality Management System
Assignment Test Question Paper (GMRIT : QMS)

Co−variance=
√ Variance of DataValues = σ n−1
Mean Speed Values μ
 Standard Error (SE)
σ n −1
Standard Error=SE=
√n
 Interval range that consist of N% confidence data values is
μ ± SE
2 The owner of a parking garage located in a CBD has observed
that 20% of those wishing to park are turned back every day
during the open hours of 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. because of lack of
parking spaces. An analysis of data collected at the garage
indicates that 60% of those who park are commuters, with an
average parking duration of 9 hours, and the remaining are Apply CO1-CO6
shoppers, whose average parking duration is 2 hours. If 20%
of those who cannot park are commuters and the rest are
shoppers, and a total of 200 vehicles currently park daily in the
garage, determine the number of additional spaces required to
meet the excess demand. Assume parking efficiency is 0.90.
3 The field survey of an existing roundabout is as follows:

Apply CO1-CO6

Figure: Rotary details schematic diagram


Average entry width of the North approach = 10.40 m;
Average entry width of the East approach = 11.00 m;
Average entry width of the South approach = 11.20 m;
Average entry width of the West approach = 11.40 m.
Draw a sketch showing the inflow and outflow of traffic and
determine the individual capacities of the weaving sections
and the capacity of the rotary. Write your comments on the
results obtained.
4 The frequency/contingency table (cross tabulation) for two Apply CO1-CO6
independent variables is given below. The accident data
observed in a year is obtained from a District State Highway
Accident Records file. Find out whether the road safety
improvements are effective or not based on the results
obtained from a chi-square test.
Table: Accident record data
Predominant accident Annual average of the No. of

Form No. AC 27. 00.2018 | GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh. Note to the Students: This
AC 28 direct assessment tool is deployed to assess the Higher Order Thinking Skills of Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy.
GMR Institute of Technology, Quality Management System
Assignment Test Question Paper (GMRIT : QMS)

accidents obtained
types Before After
Improvement Improvement
Rear end 44.20 50.10
Angle collision at
18.60 21.60
intersection
Right-turn head-on 10.90 09.90
Sideswipe 21.70 29.00
Others 51.10 20.90
Hints for solving problem:
 Compute the expected value of accident type using the
formula presented below:
( ∑ Accidents of all types )ith Year x ( ∑ Accident by type ) ith Year
Ei =
∑ ( Accidents before Improvement + After Improvement)
 Formula for computing χ 2 value:

[ ]
2
n
( Observed i −Expected i )
χ computed =∑
2

i =1 Expected i
 Degree of Freedom = (Number of rows in recorded data
table – 1) x (Number of columns in recorded data table – 1)
 Contrast between calculated Chi-square value and critical
Chi-square value from the statistical table
χ 2calculated > χ 2critical : Null−hypothesis rejected
2 2
χ calculated < χ critical : Null −hypothesis accepted
 Null-hypothesis is a con-statement which is written in
objective form of the problem asked to be analyzed for
change.

Course Coordinator/Instructor Head of the Department

Form No. AC 27. 00.2018 | GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh. Note to the Students: This
AC 28 direct assessment tool is deployed to assess the Higher Order Thinking Skills of Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy.

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