LOS and other acronyms
4 Step Model
Don't get (tech) wrecked
Signalized Intersection
All I see are Signs
100
HOV
What is a High-Occupancy Vehicle?
100
The stage where you determine the percentage of trips that go from one traffic analysis zone to another
Trip Distribution
100
This US president attended Georgia Tech
Jimmy Carter
100
The green time after considering reaction time and vehicles starting to move.
What is Effective Green Time?
100
I have eight sides, and am red
What is a stop sign?
200
This factor accounts for the percentage of large vehicles on the network.
What is the Heavy Vehicle Factor?
200
The stage in which one determines the total number of trips created and terminated in each Traffic Analysis Zone are calculated
What is Trip Generation
200
After home football game touchdowns, the sounds of this 1896 tech icon can be heard
What is The Whistle
200
A signal operation in which detectors exist on every approach to control the occurrence and duration of every phase.
What is a fully actuated signal?
200
This speed limit is the highest in the US.
What is 85 mph?
300
This factor adjusts for the variation in traffic volume within an hour of study.
What is Peak Hour Factor?
300
The option to select from: cars, buses, bikes, or trains.
What is mode choice?
300
Georgia Tech's rivalry with UGA is also known a this colloquial expression
What is "Clean, Old-fashioned Hate"
300
During this left turning movement, traffic turning left is protected from conflict whenever the green arrow is on. However,when just the circular green is on, the left turns must yield to oncoming traffic.
What is a protected-permissive left turn movement?
300
I am intelligent, I am large, I tell people messages on the highway. An operator can change my message with just a few clicks on a computer.
What is a variable message sign?
400
Unstable flow, operating at capacity. Flow becomes irregular and speed varies rapidly because there are virtually no usable gaps to maneuver in the traffic stream and speeds rarely reach the posted limit.
What is level of Service E?
400
This model allocates all users to the path with the lowest travel time (cost) and neglects all other paths
What is All or Nothing Method
400
Georgia Tech’s civil engineering and environmental engineering bachelor’s degree 2019 rankings according to the US News and World Survey Report
What is 2nd CE and 4th EE in the US?
400
The amount of time a vehicle has spent on a loop.
What is occupancy?
400
The formal transportation name for a sign that is yellow
What is a warning sign?
500
AASHTO
What is American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials?
500
A model that gives a probability of a driver using any possible route, regardless of how nonsensical it is.
What is a Stochastic Model?
500
Georgia Tech's Ramblin' Wreck is this year, make, and model
What is 1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe
500
The sum of reaction distance and breaking distance.
What is stopping distance?
500
This symbol is found on me.
What is an HOV Lane or HOV sign?
HOT also accepted