CE EN 562 - Trafc Engineering; Characteristics and Operations

LAB #1: !OT !EE" T#"$ AN" ANAL$%

&e'(ired reading: Robertson, Hummer, and Nelson, Manual of Trafc
Engineering Studies, 4th Ed., Institute of Transortation
Engineers, !""4 # $%%%. &'(ailable in the Reference )ra*er in
the +EEn )eartment ,fce- +hater . / Sot Seed Studies )or
Chapter * o+ the te,t-
+onduct a sot seed stud0 using a radar gun. 1ou ma0 form data ac2uisition teams
consisting of t*o ersons each. Each team is to ma3e an indeendent stud0,
collecting seed data of at least !%% (ehicles randoml0 selected, or for a one hour
eriod, *hiche(er comes 4rst. The data should be collected during da0light hours
and referabl0 during the afternoon o5/ea3 eriod. +hoose a mid/bloc3 location on
"%%E. 6hen measuring aroach seeds for a signali7ed intersection, be sure to
collect them at a mid/lin3 location ustream of the intersection *here the e5ects of
the red light &that is, 2ueued u (ehicles- *ould be minimal.
8e certain to select an obser(ation oint *hich assures the most ob9ecti(it0 for 0our
stud0. A.so /e certain to do nothing that 0o(.d constit(te a ha1ard to
2o(rse.3es or the p(/.ic.
Each student *ill submit an indi(idual reort. Each reort should contain the
follo*ing information:
!. Mean, mode, and range
$. Histogram
.. +umulati(e fre2uenc0 distribution
4. !:
th
and ;:
th
ercentile seeds
:. !% mh ace
<. +hi/s2uare goodness/of/4t test to determine if the data is normall0
distributed.
=. ' determination of the necessar0 samle si7e if the error bet*een the
samle mean and the true mean is to be less than ! mh *ith a le(el
of con4dence of "".%>
;. +hec3 if !%% samles are good enough, if the tolerance &or recision- is
?$.% mh.
The submitted reort should ha(e the follo*ing format &@ollo*ing the format is
imortant-:
!. Title age
$. Table of contents
.. Introduction
4. Summar0 of results &attached sheet-
:. Arahs: histogram and cumulati(e fre2uenc0 distribution
<. )iscussion of results, conclusions, and recommendations
=. 'endiB: ra* data and +hi/s2uare calculations
This reort is to be comleted and turned in b0: *ithin a *ee3 from the assigned
date unless other*ise noted in the course schedule *eb age.
!OT !EE" T#"$ #44A&$ 5EET
Aeneral Information:
Stud0 erformed b0:
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Docation:
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
)irection of Trafc Studied:
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Eosted Seed: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mh
)a0, )ate, and Time:
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
)escrition of Stud0 Site &conditions, set/u, light, control of bias,
etc.-:CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Stud0 Results:
Samle Si7e:CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC (ehicles
Mean Seed:CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mh
;:
th
Eercentile Seed: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mh
Mode: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mh
!:
th
Eercentile Seed: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mh
Seed Range: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mh
!% mh Eace: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mh
Standard )e(iation: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
> of total eBceeding osted seed: CCCCCCCCCCCCC >
> of total tra(eling F: mh o(er osted seed: CCCCCCCCCCCCC >
> of total *ithin the !% mh ace: CCCCCCCCCCCCC >
+hi/s2uare tabulated (alue &critical +hi/s2uare (alue-: CCCCCCCCCCCCC
+hi/s2uare calculated (alue: CCCCCCCCCCCCC
+hi/s2uare test conclusion: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Samle si7e re2uired for less than a $ mh di5erence bet*een the true mean
and the calculated mean *ith a ":.%> le(el of con4dence:CCCCCCCCCCCCC
(ehicles