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1
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Inform and advise road users of directions, distances, routes, the location of services for road users and point of interest

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Guide signs

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2
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To level a floor or layer of concrete with a straight edge using back and forth motion while moving across surface

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Screeding

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3
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Process of proportioning , cement, water, aggregates, and additives prior to mixing called

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Batching

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4
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Device mounted on a fixed support or portable support whereby a specific message is conveyed by means of work or symbols for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic

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Roadwork signs

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5
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Cement, Aggregates, and water

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Bulk composition

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6
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Written instruction detailing how the facility is to be constructed

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Specifications

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7
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Wave generated in deep water, when reaching shoaling waters, charges not only its height but also in its length but the period will

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decrease

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8
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Maximum wave height and wave period of the maximum wave height in wave train

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Significant wave

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9
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When directly affected and generated by local winds, a wind wave is

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wind sea

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10
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Failure of the stability of slopes, generally occurs along

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a curved surface

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11
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Measures of congestion highway capacity, what will happen as density continues to increase

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speed declines

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12
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Ways to avoiding traffic conflicts

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Grade separation
Time sharing
Space sharing

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13
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The difference between the actual travel time of a given segment of a transportation system and some ideal travel time

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delay

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14
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cracks approximately at right angles to the pavement

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Transverse crack

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15
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Provision of safety sight distance

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Road: geometry, surface, topography, and illumination

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16
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Provision of safety sight distance

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Friciton
Eye-height

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17
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2.5 days (tides)

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Age of tides

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18
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Usually a result of insufficient asphalt binder in the mix or stripping of asphalt from particles of aggregate

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Raveling

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19
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The most important process to prepare concrete

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Batching

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20
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A test to determine the relative consistency of concrete

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Slump test

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21
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Circumstances or deviation from standard condition which could permit an occurrence or incident

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hazard

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22
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The single most important environmental factor in the broad field of coastal engineering

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Wave

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23
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Combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event and severity of injury or damage of health of the people, property and environment

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Risk

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24
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Worst condition which should be considered in relation to the design of coastal defence

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combination of usually high sea level with severe wave action

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25
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Which is more accurate parameter of traffic capacity

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Density: Function of cars

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26
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Concept of safe design for construction

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Design
Equipment
On-site facilities
manpower

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27
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Occurs as concrete hardens, being greater in wet mixes

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Shrinkage

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28
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Single initial application of bituminous material

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Prime coat

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29
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ideal capacity of road in vehicles per hour

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2000 veh/hr

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30
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Satisfy the requirement for estimating expected activity times in a PERT network

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Makes use of three estimates
Puts the greatest weight on the most likely time
Motivated by BETA distribution

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31
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Stimuli fall into four categories

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Mechanical
Thermal
Conductivity
Chemical

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32
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Standard practice of measuring vertical or zenith angles

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Instrument is level
Sight exactly on the target
Slight direct and reverse

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33
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Calculation of the probability that the critical path will be completed

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Requires knowledge of the standard deviation

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34
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Probability of a mechanism that will function satisfactorily

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Reliability

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35
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Objectives of proper compacting

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Minimize settling
Increase bearing
Increase soil stability
Reduce water penetration

36
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When train passes on curves, which have no super-elevation

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inner side of outer rail

37
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Critical path

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has the maximum expected time

38
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All normal curves are

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Bell-shaped and symmetric

39
Q

Compress the bulk volume of concrete

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Aggregates

40
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Signs used to guide drivers through a change in horizontal alignment of the road

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Chevron signs

41
Q

The basic lane width appropriate for national road

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3.35m

42
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Operating a motor vehicle on a street or highway can be complex and boring

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Driving Task

43
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Any structure build into the sea but not parallel to the coast line

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Pier

44
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Because concrete is unable to maintain a particular shape before it sets, it must be placed in a form or mold

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Formworks

45
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What is the capacity requirement for all scaffoldings

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At most, 4 times its own weight

46
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It is a measure of a material’s ability to dissipate or deaden mechanical vibrations

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Damping

47
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It is an informal group discussion that focuses on a particular safety issue

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Toolbox meeting

48
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A method of protecting employees from cave-ins form materials that could fall or roll from an excavation face or collapse of adjacent structures

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Protective System

49
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A method of protecting workers from cave-ins by excavating the sides of an excavation to form one or series of horizontal steps

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Benching

50
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A formal or legally binding agreement between 2 parties

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Contract

51
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It occurs after the completion of construction and the resolution of the majority punchlist and commissioning issues

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Turnover of a Project

52
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This drawing has elevation as its vertical axis, and horizontal distance as measures along the centerline

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Profile

53
Q

The bucket volume contained within the bucket

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Plate line capacity

54
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What is the reaction time to be used for the safety design? This value is applied to the whole range of design speeds.

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2.5 seconds

55
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Is measure of a material’s ability to withstand cyclic (repeated) stresses.

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Fatigue resistance

56
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In a horizontal angle layout, this is a procedure that involves turning the angle twice and making the line of sight each time at the point.

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Double centering

57
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This is a source or situation with a potential cause to harm in terms of injury, ill health, damage to the environment or a combination of these.

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Hazard

58
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Every construction project shall have a suitable construction safety and health program, which must be in accordance with these rules and other orders and issuance issued by the DOLE.

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Unsafe act

59
Q

What is the color of the loading and unloading zone marking

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Red

60
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Does not cause a contract change

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Unforseen conditions

61
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If the standard deviation of a set of observation is 0, you can conclude:

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that all observations are the same value

62
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It is considered to be the basic unit of travel behavior.

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Trip

63
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It is the timing of signal in relationship to one another so that vehicles traveling at a determined speed can pass through the greens of successive signals.

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Signal coordination

64
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It represents the component of vehicle weight which acts parallel to an inclined surface

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Grade resistance

65
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These are circumstances or deviation from standard condition which could permit an occurrence of accident or incident is called

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Unsafe condition

66
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On what days of the week can the first day of century fail? The first day of the 20th century was Jan.1, 1901.

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Monday

67
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A measure of materials ability to resist indentation or penetration.

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Hardness

68
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An increase in soil density of a cohesive soil resulting from the expulsion of water from the soils void spaces.

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Consolidation

69
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Who is given authority to review reports of inspection, accident investigations and implementation of the program?

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Health and Safety Committee

70
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The process of injecting any agent into soil or rock to increase its strength or stability, project foundations or reduce ground water.

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Grouting

71
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Every construction project shall have a suitable ______, which must be in accordance with these rules, and other orders and issuances issued by the DOLE.

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Construction Safety and Health Program.

72
Q

What treatments might be made to improve the level of service

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realigning the roadway

73
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A benefit/cost analysis is to be performed to justify the installation of safety-related road improvements such as flexible barriers and breakaway poles.

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Insurance records, state disability fund records, accepted federal standards, (basta panay pera)

74
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Produces the greatest possible error in your initial speed calculations

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The coefficient of friction is more sensitive to error

75
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A line on a topographic map connecting points of equal elevation is known as

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contour line

76
Q

Greens theorem is the basis for determining the

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surface area of a construction site

77
Q

what is the preferred method to avoid negative stations in a construction document?

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Station 0+00

78
Q

A simple random sample is defined by

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The method of selection

79
Q

What are the sources of errors in making measurements

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Natural
Instrumental
Personal

80
Q

Lifting capacity of a crane

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Decreases with an increase radius

81
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Ideal capacity of road vehicles per hour

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2000 veh/hr

82
Q

Number of vehicles per unit distance occupying a section of road way

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Density

83
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Distance

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Space headway

84
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Time

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time headway

85
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Maximum speed

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mean free speed

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