College of Architectural and Civil Engineering [Civil Engineering Oct 2017

Department] Transport Engineering CENG 3181

Worksheet on Chapter Two

I. Speed Study Analysis
1) Table 1.1 shows the data collected on a rural highway in Virginia during a speed study.
Develop the frequency histogram and the frequency distribution of the data and determine:
a) The Arithmetic Mean Speed
b) The Standard Deviation
c) The Median Speed
d) The Pace
e) The Mode or Modal Speed
f) The 15th and 85th Percentile Speed
Table 1.1 Spot Speed Study
Speed Speed Speed Speed
No No No No
(km/h) (km/h) (km/h) (km/h)
1 35.1 23 46.1 45 47.8 67 56
2 44 24 54.2 46 47.1 68 49.1
3 45.8 25 52.3 47 34.8 69 49.2
4 44.3 26 57.3 48 52.4 70 56.4
5 36.3 27 46.8 49 49.1 71 48.5
6 54 28 57.8 50 37.1 72 45.4
7 42.1 29 36.8 51 65 73 48.6
8 50.1 30 55.8 52 49.5 74 52
9 51.8 31 43.3 53 52.2 75 49.8
10 50.8 32 55.3 54 48.4 76 63.4
11 38.3 33 39 55 42.8 77 60.1
12 44.6 34 53.7 56 49.5 78 48.8
13 45.2 35 40.8 57 48.6 79 52.1
14 41.1 36 54.5 58 41.2 80 48.7
15 55.1 37 51.6 59 48 81 61.8
16 50.2 38 51.7 60 58 82 56.6
17 54.3 39 50.3 61 49 83 48.2
18 45.4 40 59.8 62 41.8 84 62.1
19 55.2 41 40.3 63 48.3 85 53.3
20 45.7 42 55.1 64 45.9 86 53.4
21 54.1 43 45 65 44.7
22 54 44 48.3 66 49.5

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II. Travel Time and Delay Study Analysis

2) The data in Table 2.1 were obtained in a travel time study on a section of highway using
the moving-vehicle technique. Determine the Travel Time and Volume in each direction at
this section of the highway.
Table 2.1
Run Number T N O P
(Minutes) (Number) (Number) (Number)
1 2.75 80 1 1
2 2.55 75 2 1
East Bound

3 2.85 83 0 3
4 3.00 78 0 1
5 3.05 81 1 1
6 2.70 79 3 2
7 2.82 82 1 1
8 3.08 78 0 2
1 2.95 78 2 0
2 3.15 83 1 1
West Bound

3 3.2 89 1 1
4 2.83 86 1 0
5 3.30 80 2 1
6 3.00 79 1 2
7 3.22 82 2 1
8 2.91 81 0 1

III. Parking Study and Analysis

3) 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 hour, and the remaining are
shoppers, whose average parking duration is 2 hour. 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. Calculate the space-hours of demand

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Home Assignment
1) Using the data furnished in Table 1.1, Draw the frequency histogram distribution,
cumulative percentage distribution for each set of data and compute
(a) Average Speed,
(b) 85th Percentile Speed,
(c) 15th Percentile speed,
(d) Modal Speed,
(e) Median
(f) Standard Deviation and Pace

Table 1.2 Spot Speed Study

Speed Speed Speed Speed Speed
No No No No No
(km/h) (km/h) (km/h) (km/h) (km/h)
1 40 7 28 13 36 19 30 25 33
2 35 8 35 14 36 20 38 26 31
3 38 9 35 15 40 21 39 27 36
4 37 10 40 16 38 22 35 28 35
5 33 11 33 17 35 23 36 29 33
6 30 12 35 18 30 24 34 30 39

2) Table 2.2 shows data obtained in a travel time study on a section of highway using the
moving-vehicle technique. Estimate (a) The Travel Time and (b) The Volume in Each
Direction at this section of the highway.
Table 2.2 Travel Time Data for Problem 4-14
Run Number T N O P
(Minutes) (Number) (Number) (Number)
1 5.25 100 2 2
2 5.08 105 2 1
3 5.30 103 3 1
East Bound

4 5.15 110 1 0
5 5.00 101 0 0
6 5.51 98 2 2
7 5.38 95 1 1
8 5.41 112 2 3
9 5.12 109 3 1
10 5.31 107 0 0

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1 4.95 85 1 0
2 4.85 88 0 1
3 5.00 95 0 1

West Bound
4 4.91 100 2 1
5 4.63 102 1 2
6 5.11 90 1 1
7 4.83 95 2 0
8 4.91 96 3 1
9 4.95 98 1 2
10 4..83 90 0 1

3) 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 h, 30% for an average of 4 h, and the
remaining cars are parked for an average of 10 hr. Determine the space-hours of demand at
the lot.
4) If 10% of the parking bays are vacant on average (between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.) at the
parking lot of question 3, Determine the number of parking bays in the parking lot. Assume
an efficiency factor of 0.85.

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