KEEP 'EM MOVING--THE EZ WAY

The HCM (Highway Capacity Manual) is considered to be one of the most important and widely used manuals by traffic engineers. It is used to assist engineers with procedures for analysis of transportation facilities and also for capacity and operational analyses. The HCM is also available as computer software (known as HCS) in a variety of different products to aid in analyzing operations for freeways and street networking. However, these programs have their limitations, especially regarding user-friendliness and program flexibility. This article describes the EzHCS, a newer software version of the HCS designed to replicate the procedures of the 1997 HCM. EzHCS performs many of the more difficult tasks that the user is required to perform manually with other HCM-based software packages. With EzHCS, output results are shown both graphically with a summary of the analysis and in the traditional tabular format.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/25223228
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kansas, Lawrence

  Transportation Research Institute, 1530 W 15th Street
  Lawrence, KS  United States  66045
• Authors:
  • Johnson, G
  • Malek, S
  • Wang, Yinhi
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 9-14
• Serial:
  • PC Trans
  • Publisher: University of Kansas, Lawrence
  • ISSN: 1063-9470

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Highway capacity; Highway operations; Highway planning; Highway traffic control; Highway transportation; Manuals; Software; Software packages; Traffic engineering; Traffic engineers; Traffic estimation; Traffic measurement
• Identifier Terms: Highway Capacity Manual
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00794477
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 7 2000 12:00AM