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Traffic Concepts
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Outline
1. Basic Conceptsa. Flow Rateb. Spacingc. Headwayd. Speede. Density
2. Relationships3. Example
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Concepts
• Definitions• Volume, Speed, Density relationships• Speed
– Space mean speed– Time mean speed
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Flow Rate (q)
• The number of vehicles (n) passing some designated roadway point in a given time interval (t)
• Units are typically vehicles/hour• Flow rate is different than volume
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Spacing
• The distance (ft) between successive vehicles in a traffic stream, as measured from front bumper to front bumper
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Headway (h)
• The time (in seconds) between successive vehicles, as their front bumpers pass a given point.
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Headway
From HCM 2000
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Speed
• Time mean speed (spot speed)– Arithmetic mean of all instantaneous vehicle
speeds at a given “spot” on a roadway section
• Space mean speed (u)– The mean travel speed of vehicles traversing a
roadway segment of a known distance (d)– More useful for traffic applications
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Space Mean Speed
• It is the harmonic mean (1/H = 1/a + 1/b + …)
• Space mean speed is always less than time mean speed
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Time Mean vs. Space Mean Speed
From HCM 2000
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Density (k)
• The number of vehicles (n) occupying a given length (l) of a lane or roadway at a particular instant
• Unit of density is vehicles per mile (vpm).
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Other Concepts• Free-flow speed (uf)• Jam density (kj)• Capacity (qm)
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Speed vs. Density
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Flow vs. Density
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Optimal flow, capacity, qm
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Speed vs. Flow
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3-D Model
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ExampleI-5 over the ship canal bridge has 4 lanes in each direction. The northbound capacity is 8200 veh/hr/lane and the free-flow speed is 65 mph. What is the maximum flow rate, maximum density, jam density? If a one-hour vehicle count in the northbound direction for the outside lane gives 7034 vehicles in a non-congested condition, what is the estimated space mean speed of these 7034 vehicles?
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Traffic – Time of Day Patterns
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From WSDOT 2003 Annual Traffic Report
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From WSDOT 2003 Annual Traffic Report
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Restricted movement but near speed limit
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Extremely congested, unstable flow
Westbound
SR 520 Traffic Profile General Purpose Lanes 1997 Weekday Average East bound
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Primary References
• Mannering, F.L.; Kilareski, W.P. and Washburn, S.S. (2005). Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis, Third Edition. Chapter 5
• Transportation Research Board. (2000). Highway Capacity Manual 2000. National Research Council, Washington, D.C.