Recent questions tagged traffic-stream

For a given traffic stream, the speed-density relationship is given as:\[v=v_{o} \ln \left(\frac{k_{j}}{k}\right)\]where $v$ is the mean speed (in $\mathrm{km} / \mathrm{...

The figure presents the time-space diagram for when the traffic on a highway is suddenly stopped for a certain time and then released. Which of the following statements a...

For a traffic stream, $v$ is the space mean speed, $k$ is the density, $q$ is the flow, $\nu_{f}$ is the free flow speed, and $k_{j}$ is the jam density. Assume that the ...

In a one-lane one-way homogeneous traffic stream, the observed average headway is $3.0$ s. The flow (expressed in vehicles/hr) in this traffic stream is ________

The relation between speed $u$ (in km/h) and density $k$ (number of vehicles/km) for a traffic stream on a road is $u=70-0.7k$. The capacity on this road is _________ vph...

Which of the following statements CANNOT be used to describe free flow speed $(u_f)$ of a traffic stream?$(u_f)$ is the speed when flow is negligible$(u_f)$ is the speed ...

The average spacing between vehicles in a traffic stream is $50$ m, then the density (in veh/km) of the stream is _______

A car follows a slow moving truck (travelling at a speed of $10$ m/s) on a two-lane two-way highway. The car reduces its speed to $10$ m/s and follows the truck maintaini...