Traffic and Highway Engineering
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ISBN: 9781305156241
Author: Garber, Nicholas J.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 7P
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The predicted average crash frequency on a 5.2-mile segment of a rural divided multilane highway.
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Determine the predicted average crash frequency, in crashes (per year), on a 7-mile segment of a rural divided multilane highway with 10-ft lanes and 8-ft paved shoulders that carries an AADT of 15,000 vehicles per day. The proportion of total crashes constituted by CMF-related crashes is 0.55.
A two-lane rural roadway segment is expected to have 15 crashes (total) durch year with AADT of 1800 veh/day. The current width of the lane is 10 ft. It is prop width of the lane be increased to 12 ft. What should be expected number of crashes (total) the new condition?
Problem 5
The crash rate on a heavily-traveled two-lane rural highway is abnormally high. The corridor is 14
miles long with an AADT of 34,000. An investigation has determined that head-on collisions are
most common, with an RMVMT of 4.5, and are caused by vehicles attempting to pass. Addition
of a passing lane has been observed as an appropriate countermeasure with a CMF of 0.65.
Calculate the estimated yearly reduction in total crashes.
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