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Exam 1

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Term
Definition
Accessibility   the ability to reach a destination with reasonable effort or cost  
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Destination   place where a trip ends  
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Origin   place where a trip begins  
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Intermodal transfer points   places where there is a change of mode  
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Intermodal transport   used when two or more modes are involved in the movement of goods from an origin to a destination (i.e., rail and truck, water and rail, water and highway, water and water, air and highway)  
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Line haul   one segment of a trip  
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Mobility   the ability to make trips  
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Mode   The form of transport – highway, air, carpool  
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Primary data   Data collected directly by the analyst  
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Secondary data   Data borrowed from other places or from previous activities in the same place  
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Transit-dependent or captive riders   These are primarily non-drivers, who cannot afford to own an automobile, too young or too old to operate a motor vehicle, and those with disabilities.  
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Transportation   everything involved in moving either the person or goods from the person or goods from the origin to the destination.. Transportation Engineering - An Interdisciplinary Engineering/integration of multiple disciplines  
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Capacity   The amount of goods and/or persons a system can handle before reaching saturation.  
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Classification   the process of breaking down the total number of vehicles observed into categories or classes  
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Density   A measure of traffic congestion, the number of vehicles per unit length of a roadway  
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Design Hourly Volume (DHV)   The hourly volume used by roadway designers to determine the capacity needed  
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Free-flow speed   Speed that can be maintained on a given roadway when no other vehicles are present  
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Gap   The space between consecutive vehicles, rear bumper to front bumper  
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Headway   Time or distance between consecutive vehicles  
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Jam Density (Dj)   The maximum possible density on a roadway  
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K-factor   the proportion of daily traffic at a site that occurs during the peak period  
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Level of Service (LOS)   a letter designation that describes a range of operating conditions on a particular type of facility.  
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Occupancy   The percent of time in which a point in the roadway has a vehicle that is directly over it.  
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Peak hour factor (PHF)   The ratio of the number of vehicles during the peak hour to four times the number of vehicles entering the traffic stream during the peak 15-minute period.  
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Space mean speed (SMS)   The average speed of all vehicles moving over a given section of a highway over some specified time period  
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Time mean speed (TMS)   The average speed of all vehicles passing a point on a highway over some specified time period  
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Traffic counts – (volume)   the number of vehicles that pass a point during a specified time period  
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Traffic flow rates (q)   usually in units of vehicles per hour, converted from volume counts taken over different lengths of time, or as a function of average headway ALWAYS ROUND TO NEAREST VEHICLE!  
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Basic freeway segments   Segments of the freeway that are outside of the influence area of ramps or weaving areas and have uniform traffic and roadway conditions  
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Freeway   a divided highway that provides uninterrupted flow  
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Derived demand   The recognition that a trip is made because of the activities to be undertaken at the end of the trip.  
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Modal Split   Determines which mode of transportation will be used to make the trip  
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Peak hour of the generator   The 60-min. period in which the highest volume entering and leaving the site occurs  
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Peak hour of the street   The 60-min. period in which the highest volume occurs on the roadway abutting the site (generally 7–9 a.m. or 4–6 p.m.)  
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Peak-hour trips   The total number of vehicular trips to and from a site during a 60-min period  
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Traffic Analysis Zone (TAS)   A geographic subset of a study area  
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Trip assignment   A procedure by which traveler route choice in a street or highway network is simulated  
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Trip distribution   A procedure to describe and explain how travelers choose their destinations  
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Trip generation   A procedure to estimate how many trips are made to and from certain locations, such as households, individual sites, or TAZs  
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Trip, trip end   a one-direction vehicle movement either to or from the study site (i.e., an origin or a destination within the study site) – each trip has two ends  
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Programming   used to describe the selection and scheduling of projects  
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Stakeholder   a person, a group of persons, a company, or an organization that has a stake in the decisions being made  
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FHWA   Federal Highway Administration  
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FTA   Federal Transit Administration  
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LRTP   long-range transportation plan  
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MAG   Mountain Land Association of Governments  
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MPO   metropolitan planning organization  
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SAFETEA-LU   Safe Accountable Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users  
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TEA-21   Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century  
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TIP   Transportation Improvement Program  
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WFRC   Wasatch Front Regional Council  
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