Formula Sheet

Traffic Flow Models

𝑛 𝑛 1 ℎ
𝑞= , 𝑡 = ∑𝑛𝑖=1 ℎ𝑖 , 𝑞 =
∑𝑛
, 𝑞 = ℎ̅ , ℎ̅ = ∑𝑛𝑖=1 𝑛𝑖 ,
𝑡 𝑖=1 ℎ𝑖

∑𝑛
𝑖=1 𝑢𝑖 𝑙 𝑡 1
𝑢𝑡 =
̅̅̅ , 𝑢𝑠 = 𝑡̅ , 𝑡̅ = ∑𝑛𝑖=1 𝑛𝑖 , ̅̅̅
̅̅̅ 𝑢𝑠 = 1 𝑛 1
𝑛 ∑𝑖=1 𝑙
𝑛 (𝑡 )
𝑖

𝑛 𝑛 1 ∑𝑛
𝑖=1 𝑠𝑖
𝑘= , 𝑙= ∑𝑛𝑖=1 𝑠𝑖 , 𝑘 = ∑𝑛 , 𝑘 = , 𝑠̅ = ,
𝑙 𝑖=1 𝑠𝑖 𝑠̅ 𝑛

𝑘
𝑢 = 𝑢𝑓 (1 − )
𝑘𝑗

LOS for Freeways

𝐹𝐹𝑆 = 𝐵𝐹𝐹𝑆 − 𝑓𝐿𝑊 − 𝑓𝐿𝐶 − 𝑓𝑁 − 𝑓𝐼𝐷

𝑉 𝑉 𝑣𝑝
𝑣𝑝 = , 𝑃𝐻𝐹 = , 𝐷=
𝑃𝐻𝐹𝑥𝑁𝑥𝑓𝐻𝑉 𝑥𝑓𝑝 𝑉15 ∗4 𝑆

LOS for Multilane Highways

𝐹𝐹𝑆 = 𝐵𝐹𝐹𝑆 − 𝑓𝐿𝑊 − 𝑓𝐿𝐶 − 𝑓𝑀 − 𝑓𝐴