Traffic Engineering
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The three traffic flow quantities
What is flow, density, and speed?
The two most common measurements of a transit system. A good transit system should improve BOTH of these.
What is Access and Mobility?
The organization founded in 1914 with the single-minded system of designing for vehicles.
What is AASHTO?
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Who is Olin green?
This measurement of speed is observed at a point in space over time
What is time mean speed?
The urban planning and design strategy that focuses on developing communities around public transportation hubs.
What is Transit Oriented Design (TOD)?
The AASHTO defined speed at which drivers are observed operating their vehicles during free-flow conditions
What is operating speed?
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Who is Sophiya and Manmohan?
The reference for traffic control color, shape, placement, etc.
What is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices MUTCD?
The aggregation of a larger network into study areas.
What is Transit Analysis Zone (TAZ)?
The speed engineers want drivers to actually travel based on safety, road context, and surrounding area.
What is target speed?
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Who is Devin Rhoads?
The situation when a driver is unsure whether to stop or continue through the intersection with a yellow light.
What is the dilemma zone?
The first step of the 4-step travel forecasting model.
What is Trip Generation?
A selected speed used to determine the various geometric design features of the roadway
What is Design Speed?
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Who is Sepehr?
The criteria used to evaluate the performance of traffic flow on a roadway or intersection (A-F)
What is Level of Service?
The concept in network analysis when routes are assigned to minimize the total travel time for all users in the network.
What is System Optimal?
The proportion of traffic volume or flow in each direction of a roadway. This helps engineers understand how the traffic is split between inbound and outbound directions.
What is Directional Distribution?
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