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50 Density= volume/speed
time, min/km
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30
Relationships true for homogenous traffic
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Urban
Capacity and Level of Service
Highway capacity of a traffic lane is the ability of the roadway or the traffic lane to allow maximum traffic flow or
traffic volume per unit time.
Expressed as maximum number of vehicles in a lane or a roadway that can pass a given point in unit time, usually
an hour.
Volume represents an actual rate of flow and responds to variation in traffic demand, while capacity indicates a
capability or maximum rate of flow within a certain level of service that can be carried by the roadway.
Basic capacity: maximum no. of passenger cars that can pass a given point on a lane or roadway during 1 hour
under nearly ideal roadway and traffic conditions which can be possibly attained. Two roads having the same
physical features have the same basic capacity.
A, B, C, D, E and F
Capacity and Level of Service
Should have legal backing: Parliament acts, laws and traffic rules
Drivers: Motor vehicle act: age, license, penalty for drunken driving and breaking traffic signals
etc.
Vehicle: registration, number plate, maximum dimensions, maximum legal axle weight,
insurance policy etc.
Traffic flow: keep to left, right side overtaking, regulatory signs etc.