Traffic and Highway Engineering
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781305156241
Author: Garber, Nicholas J.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 5P
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The new toll charge per vehicle and the traffic volume after the toll increase.
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