Question 3: (a) A section of highway is known to have a free-flow speed of 95 km/h and a capacity of 3300 veh/h. Your summer student indicates that the average time in between passing vehicles was 1.6 seconds during an hour of monitoring If the linear speed-density relationship applies, what was the space-mean speed of the vehicles during the hour of monitoring?

Question 3: (a) A section of highway is known to have a free-flow speed of 95 km/h and a capacity of 3300 veh/h. Your summer student indicates that the average time in between passing vehicles was 1.6 seconds during an hour of monitoring If the linear speed-density relationship applies, what was the space-mean speed of the vehicles during the hour of monitoring?

Traffic and Highway Engineering

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305156241

Author:Garber, Nicholas J.

Publisher:Garber, Nicholas J.

Chapter4: Traffic Engineering Studies

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 17P

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