Freeway weaving capacity and level of service analysis | |
| Author | Siyambalapitiya, Siyambalapitiyage D.L.H. |
| Call Number | AIT Caps. Proj. no.CIE-18-39 |
| Subject(s) | Highway capacity Traffic flow Traffic engineering |
| Note | A capstone project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering Civil and Infrastructure Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Caps. Proj. ; no. CIE-18-39 |
| Abstract | The Capacity and Level-of-Service (LOS) have proved to be important and practical indi- cators for transportation facilities around the world. The importance can be widely used in the transportation and planning engineering. The LOS rates the quality of the service of freeway weaving segments, ordered from best to worst conditions; A, B, C, D, E and F. This LOS rating has its foundation on quantifiable measures of effectiveness and on road users perceptions. Altogether, these measures define a LOS based on acceptable traffic operating conditions for the road users. The objectives of the research paper are to address to main goals, to study the process to determine the level of service and capacity of weaving sections in freeways by HCM 2010 and to develop MS Excel worksheets to facilitates the calculation process. The procedure of analyzing freeway weaving segments runs through eight govern- ing steps. The capacity of the weaving segment is computed in two domains; the capacity determined by density of the section and the capacity determined by the weaving demand flow. Ultimately the least value is chosen as the capacity of the segment. In order to compute the level of service, the average density of all vehicles in the weaving segment is computed. The LOS is determined by the LOS table provided by the manual. |
| Year | 2018 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Caps. Proj. ; no. CIE-18-39 |
| Type | Capstone Project |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CIE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Ampol Karoonsoontawong ;Kunnawee Kanitpong (Co-Chairperson); |
| Examination Committee(s) | Surachet Pravinvongvuth; |
| Degree | Capstone Project (B.Sc.)-Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 |