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Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam Universiti Teknologi Mara Shah Alam

This document outlines a laboratory manual for a highway and traffic engineering course. It describes an experiment where students will evaluate the capacity and level of service of an unsignalized intersection through field studies and software analysis. In groups, students will identify a study area and design a field study to collect traffic parameters over three weeks. They will then use the data to analyze junction performance and verify the results. The goal is to determine if the intersection is operating efficiently and safely based on factors like traffic volume, delays, and congestion levels. Students will prepare a technical report of their methodology, findings, and how the results address the given problems.

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Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam Universiti Teknologi Mara Shah Alam

This document outlines a laboratory manual for a highway and traffic engineering course. It describes an experiment where students will evaluate the capacity and level of service of an unsignalized intersection through field studies and software analysis. In groups, students will identify a study area and design a field study to collect traffic parameters over three weeks. They will then use the data to analyze junction performance and verify the results. The goal is to determine if the intersection is operating efficiently and safely based on factors like traffic volume, delays, and congestion levels. Students will prepare a technical report of their methodology, findings, and how the results address the given problems.

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FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN AWAM

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA


SHAH ALAM LABORATORY MANUAL

COURSE HIGHWAY & TRAFFIC ENGINEERING


COURSE CODE ECG564
LEVEL OF OPENNESS 2B

CATEGORY PARTIALLY OPEN


DEGREE OF OPEN-ENDED
66
(%)
PERIOD OF ACTIVITY 3 WEEKS
JUNCTION CAPACITY & LEVEL OF
EXPERIMENT SERVICE STUDY

Introduction

Level 2 laboratory activities refer to the condition where only the problem
is guided and given. Students are required to find the ways & means and
provide the answers to the given assignment using the group creativity
and innovativeness. The activity will enable the students to appreciate
independent learning and prepare them for a much harder task of open
ended laboratory activities.

In this laboratory activity, students are encouraged to develop their


methodology and their critical analysis skills by analyzing and presenting
the experimental results appropriately.
PREAMBLE
Learning Outcomes

At the end of the field activities, students would be able to:


1. Determine the suitable the field study to be conducted to address the
given problem
2. Work in a group to produce the relevant technical report.
3. Analyse test data and present the solution to the open-ended problem.
Theoretical Background

High traffic volume can affect the operation of intersection. Intersection


has significant influence for interrupted flow. Gap analysis is used to
measure the LOS of an unsignalized intersection. An efficient

@ FKA, UITM SHAH ALAM SEPTEMBER 2017


FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN AWAM
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
SHAH ALAM LABORATORY MANUAL

intersection shall operate at least at Level of Service D. In addition to


Level of Service, the safety aspect of an intersection must also be
considered to avoid accident.

Traffic can operate smoothly when the rate of flow is less than atcapacity,
but excessive delay and congestion can occur when the rate of flow is at
or near capacity. In planning and design of highway facilities, the principal
purpose is to design or plan facilities that will operate at flow rates below
their optimum rates. However, this objective can be achieved only if a
good estimate of the optimum flow of a facility can be made.

Inefficient junction operations can cause severe traffic congestion,


thus affecting the surrounding environment. There are several factors that
need to be considered including the safety of road users and adequacy of
road infrastructure. Long-standing traffic woes received very little attention
despite the huge investment that has been spent in developing and
enhancing expertise in traffic and transportation engineering.
PROBLEM
STATEMENT
In this road traffic study, two (2) problems need to be tackled in order to
solve traffic congestion, safety and related environmental issues which
are:
1. Evaluate the junction performance
2. Use an appropriate software to verify the field works result
Each group will be asked to identify a study area with six (6) movement
pattern. The group is required to design and conduct suitable and
related field study to obtain the relevant traffic parameters to address
WAYS AND MEANS
the two (2) related problems mentioned above. The field study to be
designed will be conducted in succession for three (3) consecutive
weeks.
The group will be required to prepare the technical report of the laboratory
results highlighting the procedures of testing adopted, data
RESULT acquisition process, analysis carried out and the relevancy of the
parameters obtain to address the problem given.

@ FKA, UITM SHAH ALAM SEPTEMBER 2017

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