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Dense peak-hour traffic queued on an urban arterial at dusk.

CEGR 492 · Engineering Design Studio · Transportation Engineering

Traffic and Safety

Peak-hour demand: the flow rate that drives capacity, delay and level-of-service analysis.

Phase VI · Engineering Design Studio · Week 5–8

Traffic Operations and Safety Studio

Analyze capacity, level of service, intersection control, signal timing and safety countermeasures.

HCM 7
MUTCD
HSM
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Learning objectives

  • Compute level of service
  • Time a signal
  • Select safety countermeasures

Engineering judgment

  • LOS is a design outcome, not an input.
  • Crash history beats intuition.

Governing standards

  • AASHTO Green Book

    A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets

    Alignment, sight distance, cross-section

    Ch. 3 Elements
    Ch. 5–8 Design
  • HCM 7

    Highway Capacity Manual

    Capacity and level of service

    Vol. 2 Uninterrupted
    Vol. 3 Interrupted
  • AASHTO 1993

    Guide for Design of Pavement Structures

    Flexible and rigid pavement thickness design

    Part II Design

FE Civil connection

Traffic engineering

Handbook section: Transportation

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