Question: QUESTION 2 : Vehicles arrive in a single approach for two consecutive cycles at a signalized intersection. The signal has a 6 0 - second

QUESTION 2: Vehicles arrive in a single approach for two consecutive cycles at a signalized intersection. The signal has a 60-second cycle time which consists of a 30-second green interval and a 30-second red interval (ignore yellow interval). The arrival rates are assumed to be constant in both cycies. The arrival rate was 1,080 vehicles/hour in the first cycle and it decreased to 720 vehicies/hour in the second cycle. Assume that all vehicles in the quewe formed on red pass through the intersection during the subsequent green interval at the saturation flow rate of 1,800 vehicles hour immediately after the start of the green interval. (a) Sketch a queueing diagram (cumulative arrival and departure curves over time) the approach during the two cycles. (b) Calculate the maximum queue length (maximum number of vehicles in the quewe).(c) Calculate 1) the total vehicle delay and 2) the average delay per vehicle during the two cycles.

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