Question: A continuous segment of a highway has two flow regimes, as seen from a satellite image. The upstream regime has density of k _ 1

A continuous segment of a highway has two flow regimes, as seen from a satellite image. The upstream regime has density of k_1=90 pc/km/ln and the downstream regime has density of k_2=45 pc/km/ln. It is impossible to estimate volume and speed from one satellite image. Assume that a highways macroscopic traffic flow follows the Greenshields model, with u_f=90 km/h and k_j=125 veh/km/ln, estimate (a) the speeds and volumes of the two regimes, that is, u_1, q_1, u_2, q_2; (b) the speed and direction of the wave front that separate the two regimes, that is, u_w; and (c) Sketch by hand a plot of the q=f(k) curve with the two data points (k_1, q_1),(k_2, q_2).

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