FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

Name: TASHINGA MADA

Program: HENCENG

Registration Number: R213374S

Lecturer:
Start time: 17.00 hours

Finish Time: 17.15 hours

Table below shows the data collected during traffic counting

Time Interval Car, taxi, pick-up Motorbike, bicycle Truck, bus

17.00-17.05 38 1 2
17.05-17.10 36 2 1
17.10-17.15 47 1 3
Total 121 4 6
The PCU conversions I used are shown in the table below

Vehicle type Car, taxi, pick-up Motorbike, bicycle Truck, bus

PCU 1.0 0.5 1.7
The PCU for the vehicles counted during the time interval is shown in the table below

Vehicle type Car, taxi, pick-up Motorbike, bicycle Truck, bus

PCU 121 2 10.2
Total vehicles = 131

Total PCUs = 133

Total time taken = 15 minutes

Time intervals = 5 minutes

Approximate speed of passing vehicles(U) = 50km/h

Distance from counting point to the junction was = 1000km/h

Calculation

60
Flow rate, q = ×131 = 524 veh/h
15
3600
Headway, ht = = 6.87022901 = 6.87 seconds
524
Flow rate in pcu/h = 532 pcu/h

Distance headway, hd= (U¿ ×(h t)×(0.278)

=50×6.87 × 0.278 = 95.493 = 95.5m

L
Density, k = where L is assumed length that is 1000m and D is spacing between vehicles that is space
D
headway, hd

1000
K= =10.47120419=10 veh/km
95.5
 q
Peak hour factor, phf = N where N is the maximum number of vehicles, t is time interval and q is
(60 × )
t
volume

524
Phf = 51 = 0.85620915 = 0.86.
(60 × )
5
This shows the degree of uniformity of the demand.

Since density is 10veh/km therefore it is Level B. The level is associated with stable flows. The operating
speed begins to be restricted. The density is under 12veh/km, maneuvering restrictions are negligible
with little probabilities of speed and flow rate reductions. Occurrence rate of accidents may be high
because of the high speed. Economic cost of Level B is excessive and prohibited.

The speed of vehicles is approximated to be 60km/h but since there are junctions and a curve before the
straight road segment the speed is less than 60km/h to avoid accidents.