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Technical Content Changes

in the
2010 Highway Capacity Manual

Richard Dowling Dowling Associates

Presentation Outline
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Technical Innovations
Uninterrupted

flow facilities (freeways, rural highways)

Interrupted flow facilities (urban streets, signals)

Active Traffic Management

Uninterrupted Flow Facilities

Technical Innovations
New speed-flow equations
New freeway analysis software
New weaving method
Service volume tables

Speed-Flow Curves
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Free-Flow Speed
No

longer function of number of lanes

Ramp density substituted for interchange density

New curve for 75 mph free-flow speed

Speed does not drop until 1200 vph/ln reached

Source: Draft HCM 2010 Materials, Kittelson & Associates

Weaving Sections
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Changes to Current Method

New

weaving section types

New method for estimating speed
Weaving length dependent on demands.
New method for estimating capacity

Freeway Facility Analysis

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Modifications to reflect changes in other chapters

New software implementation (FREEVAL)

Updated capacity information for:

Work

Zones
Weather (rain, snow, wind, visibility)
Incidents

Analysis Over Time & Space

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D/C
16:00
16:30
17:00
17:30
18:00
18:30
MPH
16:00
16:30
17:00
17:30
18:00
18:30

SS1
0.68
0.75
0.87
0.82
0.73
0.58

SS2
0.75
0.85
0.97
0.90
0.78
0.62

SS3
0.72
0.82
0.90
0.85
0.73
0.58

SS4
0.72
0.82
0.90
0.85
0.73
0.58

SS5
0.80
0.93
1.03
0.98
0.80
0.62

SS6
0.73
0.82
0.93
0.85
0.70
0.60

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15
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FREEVAL Outputs (Speed)

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60.00

Speed(mi/hr)

50.00

40.00

30.00

20.00

10.00
5
0.00
1

3
4

SegmentNumber

1
10

11

TimeInterval

Service Volume Tables

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Multi-lane Highways
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Bicycle LOS analysis added

Service volume tables

Two Lane Highways

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Two-way analysis methodology dropped.

Some revisions to curves and tables.

New road class added for built-up areas.

LOS

based on % free-flow speed

Bicycle LOS on two-lane highways.

Service volume tables

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Interrupted Flow Facilities

Technical Innovations:
New methods for arterials and signals
New method for signals in an interchange
New method for roundabouts
New method for multimodal level of service

Multimodal Level of Service

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Simultaneous analysis of LOS for auto, bus, bike,

ped.
A method for allocating scarse street right-of-way
to the various modal users of the street.

Sharing the Street

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Before

After

Mode

Before

After

Auto

Bus

Bicycle

Pedestrian

Urban Street Analysis

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Predict Stops, Speed, Queues

Models signal coordination

force

offs, yields

Mixed street: signal, stops, roundabout

Sensitive to access management

driveways,

median breaks

Service Volume Table

Urban Street Service Vol. Table

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Signalized Intersection Updates

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Incremental queue analysis (IQA)

Traffic actuated signals

Min.

green, passage time, recall, dual entry, Dallas

phasing, simultaneous gap out, detector length.

Left turn queue overflow check

Volume/capacity ratio check

Level of service for bicycles and pedestrians

Incremental Queue Analysis

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Delay polygon for shared left-through lane with permitted lefts

Queued Vehicles

Q1
Q3
Q2
D1

D2

D3

D4

Time

Left Turn Overflow Check

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If left turn overflow

occurs, review results

Volume/Capacity Ratio Check

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if: v/c > 1.00

Then the signalized intersection LOS is F

Two-Way Stop Updates

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Extended to 6-lane arterials.

U-turns

Analysis of shared lanes, short lanes

Pedestrian crossings analysis

All Way Stop Updates

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Queuing model added

Explicit guidance for 6-lane streets

Roundabouts Update
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New methodology
Lee

Rodegerdts

Interchange Ramp Terminals

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Methodology for choosing interchange types

Lost capacity due to:

Queue

spillbacks
Uneven lane utilization
Demand starvation

Performance Measures
LOS

based on OD Delay
V/C and queue storage ratio

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Active Traffic Management

New chapter on the continuous real time
monitoring and management of both demand
and capacity

Demand Metering
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FHWA Ramp Management and Control Primer

Congestion Pricing
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FHWA, MinnDOT
Technologies that Complement Congestion Pricing Primer
Congestion Pricing Primer

Traveler Information Systems

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Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Copyright 2009 http://traffic.511.org

Managed Lanes and Shoulders

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HOV Lanes
Peak Shoulder Use

FHWA
Managed Lanes Primer

Google Street View

Adaptive Signal Control

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Source: Doug Gettman

Siemens, FHWA
ACS-Lite

Speed Harmonization
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Source: Jessie Yung, FHWA

Incident Management
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Source: FHWA, Regional Traffic Incident Management Programs

Work Zone Management

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Source: FHWA, Benefits of Using Intelligent Transportation Systems in Work Zones

Active Traffic Management

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Chapter is first stage place holder.

Provides basic information on active traffic
management measures
Provides references from the literature
Describes applicability of HCM or microsimulation
methods to evaluation

Conclusion The New HCM

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New methods for freeways and streets

Service volume tables for planning apps

New material to aid software programmers

Guidance on the use of microsimulation

Information on Active Traffic Management

New tools for multimodal planning

Questions/Comments
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Richard Dowling
Dowling Associates, Oakland, CA
510-839-1742 ext 120
rdowling@dowlinginc.com