Data from a 6-ft by 6-ft inductive loop detector collected during a 30-second time period indicate that the mean speed of traffic is 50 mi/h among the 16 vehicles counted. Assume an average vehicle length of 19 ft. Determine the density and occupancy.

What will be an ideal response?


a) Density can be calculated by Equation 6.7:



b) Assuming the lengths of the vehicles are approximately the same, Occupancy can be calculated by Equation 6.19:

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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