REPRESENTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOURLY FLOWS THROUGH THE YEAR

In planning and evaluating road schemes it is important to have knowledge of the distribution of traffic flows throughout the year. This is because the size and timing of peak flows critically affects, for example, the extent of traffic delays and congestion. In this report a method of modelling the hourly flow distribution throught the year at a road site is given. The method is based on a statistical stratification of flows and a separate flow distribution is derived for each of three types of road. Some possible applications for use in the computer programs COBA and QUADRO are described. (Author/TRRL)

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  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Phillips, G
  • Reeson, D
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 32 p.
• Serial:
  • Supplementary Report
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0305-1315

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Distributions (Statistics); Highway planning; Highways; Hours; Improvements; Mathematical models; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Planning; Statistics; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Traffic flow
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic planning
• ITRD Terms: 632: Congestion (traffic); 9010: Delay; 6572: Distribution (stat); 2755: Highway; 9030: Hour; 9108: Improvement; 6473: Mathematical model; 612: Peak hour; 143: Planning; 8645: Software; 6555: Statistics; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387166
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: SR 804 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM