Question: Traffic on a three - lane ( in each direction ) freeway observes the following Greenshields flow relationship: V = 6 0 D ( 1
Traffic on a threelane in each direction freeway observes the following Greenshields flow relationship:
where is the traffic volume on vehicle per hour, and is the traffic density in vehicles per mile. At : am an accident occurs at point in the following
Figure The vehicles involved immediately pull off onto the shoulder of the roadway, but traffic passing the incident slows to mph as drivers survey the
damage on the side of the road sometimes called "spectator slowing" Lucy enters the freeway via the ramp at point B also at : am Upon entering the
freeway, she notes that traffic on the freeway is moving along at about mph
A How fast ie at what speed will back up from the "spectator slowing" progress upstream of the accident site?
answer as a positive numerical number only in units of miles per hour and rounded to the nearest whole number, ie XX
B When ie at what time will Lucy first hit slowing traffic due to the accident?
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