Twenty-four hour peaking relationship to level of service and other measures of effectiveness : [summary].

PDFBriefBDV30-977-01Peak hour trafficTraffic dataTraffic volumeLevel of serviceMeasures of effectivenessTraffic congestionTransportation planningUrban areasTraffic surveillanceFloridaFlorida. Dept. of TransportationMoses, RenFlorida State UniversityUS Transportation CollectionIncreasing congestion on urban roads has placed demands on planners to find solutionsthat are within budget restrictions and that acknowledge physical restraints on possibleexpansions. For planning purposes, traffic engineers have focused on summary statistics,such as level of service and annual averagedaily traffic, at peak usage hours. Lack ofknowledge of roadway performance duringnon-peak hours limits the insight and scopeof planning operations