Traffic and Highway Engineering
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ISBN: 9781305156241
Author: Garber, Nicholas J.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 21P
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The space-hours of demand at the parking lot
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Data collected at a parking lot indicate that a total of 300 cars park between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. 10% of these cars are parked for an average of 2 hr, 30% for an average of 4 hr, and the remaining cars are parked for an average of 10 hr.
1. Determine the space-hours of demand at the lot.
Data collected at a parking lot indicate that a total of 300 cars park between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. 5% of these cars are parked for an average of 2 hr, 20% for an average of 3 hr, 10% for an average of 4 hr, and the remaining cars are parked for an average of 9 hr. (a) Determine the space-hours of demand at the lot. (b) If 10% of the parking bays are vacant on average (between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.) at the parking lot, determine the number of parking bays in the parking lot. Assume an efficiency factor of 0.90. (c) The owner of the parking lot is planning an expansion of her lot to provide adequate demand for the following 10 years. If she has estimated that parking demand for all categories will increase by 3% a year, determine the number of additional parking bays that will be required.
Vehicles arrive to a bridge at a rate of 24 vehicles per minute. The capacity of the bridge is typically 3000 veh/hour, but is reduced to 941 veh/hour for 12 minutes. What is the duration of the queue that forms on the bridge in minutes?
Answer 15.8 mins
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