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The free mean speed is 60 km/hr on a given road. The average space headway at jam density on this road is 8 m. For a linear speed-density relationship, the maximum flow (in veh/hr/lane) expected on the road is

  1. 1875
  2. 938
  3. 2075
  4. 1038

Correct answer: 1875

Solution

Jam density kj = 1000/8 = 125 veh/km. For the linear Greenshields model the maximum flow is q_max = vf*kj/4 = 60*125/4 = 1875 veh/hr/lane. The stored value 938 (which is half of that) is wrong; the answer is index 0, 1875.

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