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Example of Multilane Highway LOS PDF

This document provides an example of multilane highway capacity analysis for a 1.57-km segment of a five-lane highway with two travel lanes in each direction and a two-way turn lane. Given information about the highway characteristics, a capacity analysis is performed for the eastbound and westbound directions during the peak hour. The analysis determines that both directions operate at LOS C under the given conditions.

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Example of Multilane Highway LOS PDF

This document provides an example of multilane highway capacity analysis for a 1.57-km segment of a five-lane highway with two travel lanes in each direction and a two-way turn lane. Given information about the highway characteristics, a capacity analysis is performed for the eastbound and westbound directions during the peak hour. The analysis determines that both directions operate at LOS C under the given conditions.

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MULTILANE HIGHWAY CAPACITY ANALYSIS EXAMPLE

A 1.57-km segment of an east-west five-lane highway with two travel


lanes in each direction is separated by a two-way right-turn lane (TWRTL).
Given,

- Rolling terrain,
- 83.0-km/h 85th-percentile speed,
- 3.6-m lane width,
- 1,500-veh/h peak-hour volume,
- 6 percent trucks and buses,
- 8 access points/km (westbound),
- 6 access points/km (eastbound),
- 0.90 PHF,
- 3.6-m and greater lateral clearance for westbound and eastbound

What is the LOS of the highway on level terrain during the peak hour?

Solution

BFFS = 83.0 – 3.0 = 80.0 km/h

Eastbound

fLW = 0.0 (from Table 2.1)


fLC = 0.0 (from Table 2.2)
fM = 0.0 (from Table 2.3)
fA = 4.0 (from Table 2.4)

FFS = BFFS – fLW – fLC – fM – fA


= 80.0 – 0.0 – 0.0 – 0.0 – 4.0
= 76.0 km/h

PT = 0.06
ET = 2.5 (from Table 2.5)
1 1
fhv = = = 0.9174
1  PT (E T  1) 1  0.06(2.5  1)

fp = 1.0 (assuming all are regular drivers)

V = 1,500
PHF = 0.90
N=2

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V 1,500
vp = = = 909 pc/h/ln
PHF  N  fHV  fp 0.90  2  0.9174  1.0

vp 909
Density = = = 12.0 pc/km/ln
S 76

LOS  LOS C (using Figure 2.3)

Westbound

fLW = 0.0 (from Table 2.1)


fLC = 0.0 (from Table 2.2)
fM = 0.0 (from Table 2.3)
fA = 5.3 (from Table 2.4)

FFS = BFFS – fLW – fLC – fM – fA


= 80.0 – 0.0 – 0.0 – 0.0 – 5.3
= 74.7 km/h

PT = 0.06
ET = 2.5 (from Table 2.5)
1 1
fhv = = = 0.9174
1  PT (E T  1) 1  0.06(2.5  1)

fp = 1.0 (assuming all are regular drivers)

V = 1,500
PHF = 0.90
N=2
V 1,500
vp = = = 909 pc/h/ln
PHF  N  fHV  fp 0.90  2  0.9174  1.0

vp 909
Density = = = 12.2 pc/km/ln
S 74.7

LOS  LOS C (using Figure 2.3)

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Table 2.1 Adjustment for Lane Width

Table 2.2 Adjustment for Lateral Clearance

Table 2.3 Adjustment for Median Type

Table 2.4 Adjustment for Access Point Density

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Table 2.5 Passenger Car Equivalents on Extended General Highway


Segments

Table 2.6 Passenger Car Equivalents for Trucks and Buses on Uniform
Upgrades

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Table 2.7 Passenger Car Equivalents for Trucks and Buses on


Downgrades

Table 2.8 LOS Criteria for Multilane Highways

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Figure 2.3 Speed-Flow Curves with LOS Criteria

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