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The Islamic University of Gaza
Faculty of Engineering
Civil Engineering Dept.
Highways & Transportation I
(ECIV 4333)
Instructors: Dr. Y. R. Sarraj
Chapter 4
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Chapter 4
Reference:
Traffic & Highway Engineering N. J. Garber & L. A. Hoel pp 99-150
2009
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One of this course objectives is to give:
students the ablity to:
identify the existing traffic conditions
by:
conducting different surveys,
based on:
travel time, delays, speed, volume and capacity.
Course Objective
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Traffic studies may be grouped
into three main categories:
(1) Inventories,
(2) Administrative studies, and
(3) Dynamic studies.
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(1) Inventories:
provide a list or graphic display of
existing information, such as: street widths,
parking spaces,
transit routes,
traffic regulations.
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(2) Administrative studies
use existing engineering records, available in government agencies and departments.
include the results of surveys, which may involve:
field measurements and/or
aerial photography.
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(3) Dynamic traffic studies
involve the collection of data under
operational conditions and
include studies of: speed,
traffic volume,
travel time and delay,
parking, and
crashes.
They are described in detail in this chapter.
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4.1 SPOT SPEED STUDIES
Spot speed studies are conducted to
estimate the distribution of speeds of
vehicles in a stream of traffic at a particular
location on a highway.
carried out by recording the speeds of a
sample of vehicles at a specified location.
Source: Garber, page 100
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SPOT SPEED STUDIES
Used to:
Establish parameters for
traffic operation and control, such as:
speed zones,
speed limits (85th-percentile speed)
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4.1.1 Locations for Spot Speed Studies
Represent different traffic conditions on a highway for basic data collection.
Mid-blocks of urban highways and straight, level sections of rural highways for speed trend analyses.
Any location may be used for solution of a specific traffic engineering problem.
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4.1.1 Locations for Spot Speed Studies
Should be selected to achieve the following:
Unbiased data
Drivers be unaware
Equipment concealed from the driver,
Observers inconspicuous.
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4.1.2 Time of Day and Duration of
Spot Speed Studies
depends on the purpose of the study.
recommended when traffic is free-flowing,
during off-peak hours.
typically:
the duration is at least 1 hour and
the sample size is at least 30 vehicles.
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4.1.3 Sample Size for Spot Speed Studies
The larger the sample size, will give an estimated mean within acceptable error limits. Average Speed
Median Speed
Modal Speed
The ith-percentile Spot Speed
Pace
Standard Deviation of Speeds
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4.1.4 Methods for Conducting Spot
Speed Studies
manual and automatic
manual method is seldom used
automatic devices
1. road detectors
2. radar-based
3. the principles of electronics.
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Manual Method By observing the time required by a vehicle to cover a
short distance of roadway.
(Direct-timing procedure)
Requirements: Stop watch and a measuring tape.
Start the stopwatch when the vehicle at point 1 and stop
it when the vehicle at point 2.
Point 1 Point 2
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Manual Method The following table shows the recommended distance
between points 1 and 2 for selected average speeds
on the road.
Point 1 Point 2
Average speed Recommended
distance
Estimated
Time
40 km/h 45m 4 sec.
40-65 km/h 70m 4 sec.
> 65 km/h 80m 4 sec.
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Road Detectors
pneumatic road tubes & induction loops
collect data on speeds & volume at the
same time
Advantage:
Human errors are considerably reduced
Disadvantages:
expensive
may, affect driver behavior,
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Figure 4.9 Apollo Traffic Counter/Classifier
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Pneumatic road tubes
laid across the lane in which data are to
be collected.
When moving vehicle passes over, an air
impulse is transmitted to the counter.
two tubes are placed across the lane, 2 m
apart.
An impulse is recorded when the front
wheels of a moving vehicle pass over the
first tube;
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Pneumatic road tubes
a second impulse is recorded when the
front wheels pass over the second tube.
The time elapsed between the two
impulses and the distance between the
tubes are used to compute the speed of
the vehicle.
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inductive loop
a rectangular wire loop buried under the
roadway surface.
It operates on the principle that a
disturbance in the electrical field is
created when a motor vehicle passes
across it.
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Radar-Based Traffic Sensors
Electronic-Principle Detectors
traffic characteristics, such as speed,
volume, queues, and headways are
computed.
Using video image processing
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Median speed The speed at the middle value in a series of spot speeds. Or, 50th-percentile speed
Modal speed The speed value that occurs most frequently in a sample of speeds
ith-percentile speed
The spot speed below which i percent of the vehicles travel, e.g. 85th-percentile speed
Pace The range of speed that has the greatest number of observations; usually 10-mph range
50
%
85
%
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(a) RTMS Deployed in the Forward Looking Mode
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(b) RTMS Deployed in the Side-fire Mode
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(a) Schematic Illustration
of the Auto scope
Autoscope video detection
captures video images of
traffic and analyzes the
information using
sophisticated algorithms
for traffic management.
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(b) The Auto scope Deployed
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4.1.5 Presentation and Analysis of
Spot Speed Data
Statistical methods
Analyzing data
frequency histogram
cumulative frequency distribution curve
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Example 4.2 Determining Speed
Characteristics from a Set of Speed
Data.
Table 4.2 shows the data collected on a rural
highway in Virginia during a speed study.
Develop the frequency histogram and the
frequency distribution of the data and
determine:
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Table 4.2 Speed Data Obtained on a Rural Highway
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1. The arithmetic mean speed
2. The standard deviation
3. The median speed
4. The pace
5. The mode or modal speed
6. The 85th-percentile speed
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Solution:
The speeds range from 34.8 to 65.0 km/h,
giving a speed range of 30.2.
For eight classes, the range per class is 3.75
km/h;
for 20 classes, the range per class is 1.51 km/h.
It is convenient to choose a range of 2 km/h per
class which will give 16 classes.
A frequency distribution table can then be
prepared, as shown in Table 4.3.
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Table 4.2 Speed Data Obtained on a Rural Highway
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Figure 4.4 Histogram of Observed Vehicles' Speeds
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Table 4.3 Frequency Distribution Table for Set of Speed Data
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Figure 4.5 Frequency Distribution
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Figure 4.6 Cumulative Distribution
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The median speed 49 km/h,
the 50th-percentile speed.
85th-percentile speed is 54 km/h
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4.2 Traffic VOLUME STUDIES
Source: Garber, page 115
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4.2 VOLUME STUDIES 1. Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT)
the average of 24-hour counts collected
every day of the year.
2. Average Daily Traffic (ADT)
the average of 24-hour counts collected
over a number of days greater than one
but less than a year.
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4.2 VOLUME STUDIES
3. Peak Hour Volume (PHV)
the maximum number of vehicles that
pass a point on a highway during a period
of 60 consecutive minutes.
4. Vehicle Classification (VC) with respect
to the type of vehicles for cars, two-axle
trucks, or three-axle trucks.
5. Vehicle Miles of Travel (VMT)
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Peak Hour Factor (PHF)
PHF = peak hour volume (PHV) 4 (max flow per 15 minutes)
PHF = V .
4x(v15)max
Time vehicles
7:00 – 7:15 500 450
7:15 – 7:30 550 500
7:30 – 7:45 600 590
7:45 – 8:00 520 -----
Determine PHF
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Design Hour Volume
Design Hour Volume = Peak hour volume
PHF
Or
Design hour volume = 4x(v15)max
Example:
Time vehicles
7:00 – 7:15 500
7:15 – 7:30 550
7:30 – 7:45 600
7:45 – 8:00 520
Determine:
•PHV
•Design hour volume
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4.2.1 Methods of Conducting
Volume Counts Manual Method
Automatic Method
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Figure 4.7 Jamar Traffic Data Collector TDC-1 2 Hooked to a Computer
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Figure 4.9 Apollo Traffic Counter/Classifier
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Figure 4.10 Example of Counters that Require the Laying of Subsurface Detectors
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Figure 4.11 Traffic Eye Universal System
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Figure 4.12 Example of Station Locations for a Cordon Count
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4.2.2 Types of Volume Counts Depending on the anticipated use of the data
to be collected.
Intersection Counts
vehicle classifications,
through movements,
turning movements.
Pedestrian Volume Counts
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4.2.3 Traffic Volume
Data Presentation
Traffic Flow Maps:
volume of traffic on
each route is
represented by the
width of a band.
Figure 4.13 shows a
typical traffic flow map.
Figure 4.13 Example of a Traffic Flow Map
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Figure 4.14 Intersection Summary Sheet
Intersection Summary
Sheets:
Figure 4.14 shows a typical intersection summary sheet.
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4.2.3 Traffic Volume Data
Presentation Time-Based Distribution Charts:
see Figure 4.15
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Figure 4.15 Traffic Volumes on an Urban Highway (A&B)
Daily
variations:
see Figure
4.15b
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Figure 4.15 Traffic Volumes on an Urban Highway (C)
Hourly
variations
in traffic
volume:
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Table 4.4 Summary of Traffic Volume Data for a Highway Section
Summary Tables:
PHV, Vehicle Classification (VC), and
ADT. See Table 4.4
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Vehicle Classification (VC)
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Adjustment of
Periodic Counts
Source: Garber, page 130
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Adjustment of Periodic Counts
Expansion Factors from Continuous
Count Stations.
Source: Garber, page 130
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Hourly expansion factors (HEFs) are
determined by the formula
24-hr traffic flow ≠ traffic flow per hour * 24
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Daily expansion factors (DEFs) are
computed as
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Monthly expansion factors (MEFs)
are computed as
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Table 4.5 Hourly Expansion Factors for a Rural Primary Road
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Table 4.6 Daily Expansion Factors for a Rural Primary Road
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Table 4.7 Monthly Expansion Factors for a Rural Primary Road
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Collected
data
Veh/hr -----
400
535
650
710
650
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4.3 TRAVEL TIME AND
DELAY STUDIES
Source: Garber, page 133
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4.3 TRAVEL TIME AND DELAY STUDIES
Travel time: time required to travel from
one point to another on a given route.
the locations, durations, and causes of
delays.
good indication of the level of service
identifying problem locations,
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4.3.1 Applications of Travel Time and Delay Data
efficiency of a route
locations with relatively high delays
causes for delays
before-and-after studies
relative efficiency of a route
travel times on specific links
economic studies
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4.3.2 Definition of Terms Related to Time and Delay Studies
1. Travel time: time taken by a vehicle to traverse a given section of a highway.
2. Running time: time a vehicle is actually in motion
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4.3.2 Definition of Terms Related to Time and Delay Studies
3. Delay time lost due to causes beyond the control of the driver.
4. Stopped-time delay: the part of delay during which the vehicle is at rest.,
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5. Operational delay: delay caused by the impedance of other traffic.
(for example, parking or un-parking vehicles),
6. Fixed delay: caused by control devices
such as traffic signals, regardless of the
traffic volume
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7. Travel-time delay: difference
between the actual travel time and
the travel time obtained by assuming that a vehicle traverses at an average
speed equal to that for an uncongested traffic flow
(i.e. speed limit).
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4.3.3 Methods for Conducting Travel
Time and Delay Studies
Methods Requiring a Test Vehicle:
floating-car, average-speed, and moving-
vehicle techniques.
Methods not requiring a test vehicle.
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Floating-Car Technique
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0.681818
dist/travel
time
Dist.
/speed
limit
travel
time -
ideal
travel
time
dist / (travel time
+ stop time)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
distance travel
time
segment
speed
stop
time
reason
for stop
speed
limit
ideal
travel
time
segment
delay net speed
ft sec mi/h sec mi/h sec sec mi/h
1584 42.6 25.4 20.1 signal 40 27.0 15.6 17.2
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0.3048 3.6 1.609344
dist /
travel
time
dist /
speed
limit
travel
time -
ideal
travel
time
dist / (travel
time + stop
time)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
distance travel
time
segment
speed
stop
time
reason
for stop
speed
limit
ideal
travel
time
segmen
t delay net speed
m sec km/h sec km/h sec sec km/h
482.8 42.6 40.8 20.1 signal 64.4 27.0 15.6 27.7
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Moving-Vehicle Technique
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Moving-Vehicle Technique
(moving observer):
the observer makes a round trip on a test
section Figure 4.16,
The observer starts at section X-X, drives
the car eastward to section Y-Y,
turns the vehicle around
drives westward to section X-X again
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Figure 4.16 Test Site for Moving-Vehicle Method
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Moving-Vehicle Technique.
The following data are collected as
The time it takes to travel east from X-X to
Y-Y (Te), in minutes
The time it takes to travel west from Y-Y to
X-X (Tw), in minutes
The number of vehicles traveling west in
the opposite lane while the test car is
traveling east (Ne)
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Figure 4.16 Test Site for Moving-Vehicle Method
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Moving-Vehicle Technique.
The number of vehicles that overtake the
test car while it is traveling west from Y-Y
to X-X, that is, traveling in the westbound
direction (Ow)
The number of vehicles that the test car
passes while it is traveling west from Y-Y
to X-X, that is, traveling in the westbound
direction (Pw)
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Moving-Vehicle Technique.
The volume (Vw) in the westbound
direction can then be obtained from the
expression:
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where (Ne Ow Pw) is the number of
vehicles traveling westward that cross
the line X-X during the time (TeTw).
Similarly, the average travel time in the
westbound direction is obtained from
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Methods Not Requiring
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Methods Not Requiring a Test
Vehicle
License-Plate Observations: observers at the beginning and end of
the test section.
Each observer records the last three or
four digits of the license plate of each
car that passes, together with the time
at which the car passes.
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in the office by matching the times of
arrival at the beginning and end of the
test section for each license plate
recorded.
difference between these times is the
traveling time of each vehicle.
average of these is the average
traveling time on the test section.
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a sample size of 50 matched license
plates.
Interviews: obtaining information from
people who drive on the study site
regarding their travel times, experience
of delays, requires the cooperation of
the people.
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ITS Advanced Technologies:
Advanced technologies
Cell phones
GPS satellite system
technology is used to determine average
speeds and travel times along highways
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4.4 PARKING STUDIES
Source: Garber, page 139
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4.4 PARKING STUDIES
Any vehicle will at one time be parked
short time or longer time, provision of
parking facilities is essential
need for parking spaces is usually very
great in areas of business, residential,
or commercial activities.
park-and-ride
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Providing adequate parking space to
meet the demand for parking in the
Central Business District (CBD)
This problem usually confronts a city
traffic engineer.
solution is not simple, Parking studies
are used to determine the demand for
and the supply of parking facilities.
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4.4.1 Types of Parking Facilities
On-Street Parking Facilities
also known as curb facilities. Parking bays
are provided alongside the curb on one or
both sides of the street.
unrestricted parking
unlimited and free
Restricted parking facilities
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On –street parking (curb parking)
Parallel Parking
Angle Parking
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On-Street Parking Facilities
limited to specific times for a maximum
duration.
may or may not be free.
handicapped parking
bus stops
loading bays.
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Off-Street Parking Facilities
privately or publicly owned;
surface lots and garages.
Self-parking garages
attendant-parking garages
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Off-Street Parking
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4.4.2 Definitions of Parking Terms
1. A space-hour is a unit of parking that
defines the use of a single parking
space for a period of 1 hour.
2. Parking volume is the total number of
vehicles that park in a study area
during a specific length of time, usually
a day.
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3. Parking accumulation is the number of
parked vehicles in a study area at any
specified time.
4. parking load the number of space-hours
used during the specified period of time.
5. Parking duration length of time a vehicle is
parked at a parking indication of how frequently a parking space becomes
available.
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6. Parking turnover
rate of use of a parking space.
Obtained by dividing the parking
volume for a specified period by the
number of parking spaces.
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4.4.3 Methodology of Parking Studies
Inventory of Existing Parking Facilities
detailed listing of the location and all other
relevant characteristics of each legal
parking facility, private and public.
The study area includes both on- and off-
street facilities.
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Type and number of parking spaces at each
parking facility
Times of operation and limit on duration of parking,
if any
Type of ownership (private or public)
Parking fees, method of collection
Restrictions
Other restrictions, loading and unloading zones,
bus stops, taxi ranks
Permanency
The inventory should be updated at regular
intervals of about four to five years.
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4.4.3 Methodology of Parking Studies
Collection of Parking Data
Accumulation:
by checking the amount of parking during
regular intervals on different days of the week.
Carried out on an hourly or 2-hour basis
used to determine hourly variations of parking
and peak periods of parking demand.
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Collection of Parking Data
Turnover and Duration:
collecting data on a sample of parking spaces
in a given block.
recording the license plate of the vehicle
parked on each parking space in the sample at
the ends of fixed intervals during the study
period.
The length of the fixed intervals depends on
the maximum permissible duration.
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Turnover and Duration:
For example, if the maximum permissible
duration of parking at a curb face is 1 hour, a
suitable interval is every 20 minutes.
If the permissible duration is 2 hours, checking
every 30 minutes would be appropriate.
Turnover is then obtained from the equation
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Figure 4.17 Parking Accumulation at a Parking Lot
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Parking Demand
by interviewing drivers at the various parking
facilities
Interview all drivers using the parking facilities
on a typical weekday between 8:00 a.m. and
10:00 p.m.
Information include (1) trip origin, (2) purpose
of trip, (3) driver’s destination after parking.
the location of the parking facility, times of
arrival and departure, vehicle type.
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Parking interviews also can be carried out
using the postcard technique,
about 30 to 50 percent of the cards distributed
are returned.