FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

HOMEWORK 01

LA MOLINA AVENUE

Course: Introduction to Transport Engineering

Professor: Alex Manuel Sanchez Navarro

Members:
Alvarez Morante, Aldo Leandro

Balbuena Moran, Elianna Ximena

Gomez Gutierrez, Bruno Esteban

Gere Cruz, Derlis Ruben

Moncayo Belevan, Vanessa Paula

Nuez Palomino, Manuel Alonso

Lima - Per

2016-01
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The project was carried out at the roadway segment of La Molina Avenue in the district of
La Molina where traffic is moderate. This study is divided into five parts, in which the
characteristics, problems, maps and description of each are listed.
The study was carried out one day of the week (Thursday) made in the morning for two
hours. The counts were separated by every 15 minutes and separating cars, trucks, buses,
taxis, motorcycles and others.

The objective of this report is to calculate the design hour volume (DHV), the pick hour
factor (PHF), the directional factor (D), and the percentage of tucks (PT). Also, estimate
the density (K) at a specific time (t). Moreover perform a speed study with at least 30
observations and calculate the level of service for each direction from this roadway
segment.

Day: Thuesday
Date: 28-04-16
Hour: 2 Hours
Morning: 7:00am to 9:00am
CHAPTER I

We have counted cars during 2 hours in the morning. These results were averaged and
separated according to the direction in which were coming and also separated each 15
minutes in order to help us to identify the peak hour. We will present you a table with these
results and they will be multiplied by their respective equivalency factors.

From Ov. Santa Anita to Av. Javier Prado

Hours Cars Taxi Trucks Van bus moto Total
07:00 - 07:15 39 25 4 9 34 2 113
07:15 - 07:30 28 27 3 15 42 4 119
07:30 - 07:45 31 26 6 19 23 5 110
07:45 - 8:00 23 23 3 20 37 6 112
8:00 - 8:15 20 25 3 14 29 2 93
8:15 - 8:30 27 31 2 21 39 4 124
8:30 - 8:45 22 29 4 20 37 5 107
8:45 - 9:00 25 32 2 23 38 3 123

From Av. Javier Prado to Ov.Santa Anita

Hours Cars Taxi Truks Van bus moto Total
07:00 - 07:15 31 34 7 15 41 5 133
07:15 - 07:30 29 33 6 18 42 4 132
07:30 - 07:45 30 27 7 18 39 7 128
07:45 - 8:00 33 24 4 20 41 2 122
8:00 - 8:15 36 25 5 23 50 4 143
8:15 - 8:30 23 18 4 11 38 3 97
8:30 - 8:45 25 10 2 12 33 3 85
8:45 - 9:00 24 9 4 11 37 4 89

In order to calculate the pick hour factor, we use the following equation:

volumne
peak 15min

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Peak hour volume
PHF=

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PHV
DHV =
PHF

So, we obtained:

From Ov. Santa Anita to Av. Javier Prado

Hours Cars Taxi Trucks Van bus moto Total
07:00 - 07:15 39 25 4 9 34 2 113
07:15 - 07:30 28 27 3 15 42 4 119
07:30 - 07:45 31 26 6 19 23 5 110
07:45 - 8:00 23 23 3 20 37 6 112
8:00 - 8:15 20 25 3 14 29 2 93
8:15 - 8:30 27 31 2 21 39 4 124
8:30 - 8:45 22 29 4 20 37 5 107
8:45 - 9:00 25 32 2 23 38 3 123

7:00 8:00 = 454 > PHV

7:15 8:15 = 434
7:30 8:30 = 439
7:45 8:45 = 436
8:00 9:00 = 447

454
PHF= =0.9537
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PHF=0.95
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DHV = =477.89
0.95

DHV =478 veh

From Av. Javier Prado to Ov.Santa Anita

Hours Cars Taxi Trucks Van bus moto Total
07:00 - 07:15 31 34 7 15 41 5 133
07:15 - 07:30 29 33 6 18 42 4 132
07:30 - 07:45 30 27 7 18 39 7 128
07:45 - 8:00 33 24 4 20 41 2 122
8:00 - 8:15 36 25 5 23 50 4 143
8:15 - 8:30 23 18 4 11 38 3 97
8:30 - 8:45 25 10 2 12 33 3 85
8:45 - 9:00 24 9 4 11 37 4 89

7:00 8:00 = 515

7:15 8:15 = 525 > PHV
7:30 8:30 = 490
7:45 8:45 = 447
8:00 9:00 = 414

525
PHF= =0.9178
4 (143)

PHF=0.92

525
DHV = =570.652
0.92

DHV =571 veh

Now, to calculate the directional factor, we use the following equation

 ADT (Much more traffic)
D=
ADT (Bot h direction)

Direction:

From Ov. Santa Anita to Av. Javier Prado

total vehicles=901 veh

total vehicles 901 veh

k= = =725 veh/mile
distancia total 1.243 mile

From Av. Javier Prado to Ov.Santa Anita

total vehicles=929 veh

total vehicles 929 veh

k= = =748 veh/mile
distancia total 1.243 mile

929
D= =0.5077
1830

D=51

Then, to calculate the percentage of trucks, we use the following equation

Volume of trucks
% Trucks =
100
Total Volume
Direction :

From Ov. Santa Anita to Av. Javier Prado

27
Trucks= 100
9O1

Trucks=2 . 99

From Av. Javier Prado to Ov.Santa Anita

39
Trucks= 100
929

Trucks=4 . 19

CHAPTER II

In this part of the report we have to calculate the average speed of the vehicles in the
segment road.
We took many velocities of different vehicles. For this we took the distance of the road
avenue which is 50 mts. and in order to get the speed we use a stopwatch. With this we
obtain:

From Ov. Santa Anita to Av. Javier Prado

- 09.21 seg - 08.06 seg

- 09.15 seg - 06.33 seg
- 08.10 seg - 06.05 seg
- 08.38 seg - 05.60 seg
- 06.67 seg - 08.30 seg
- 03.95 seg - 07.58 seg
- 07.45 seg - 07.53 seg
- 06.60 seg - 08.43 seg
 - 05.15 seg - 08.06 seg
- 06.53 seg - 06.21 seg
- 05.50 seg - 06.15 seg
- 06.17 seg - 05.12 seg
- 07.56 seg - 07.45 seg
- 08.50 seg - 06.61 seg
- 09.26 seg - 08.42 seg
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- From Av. Javier Prado to Ov. Santa Anita
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- 08.18 seg
- 10.37 seg - 11.90 seg
- 11.09 seg - 09.32 seg
- 10.80 seg - 12.09 seg
- 11.50 seg - 05.48 seg
- 08.30 seg - 11.37 seg
- 07.58 seg - 09.10 seg
- 07.53 seg - 05.20 seg
- 08.43 seg - 04.10 seg
- 05.15 seg - 05.53 seg
- 04.10 seg - 08.27 seg
- 05.53 seg - 10.88 seg
- 05.08 seg - 04.50 seg
- 08.47 seg - 11.50 seg
- 08.18 seg -
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In this road the maximum speed is 60 km/h from being an urban road,
therefore the speed at passing vehicles is permitted.
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- CHAPTER III
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- From Ov. Santa Anita to Av. Javier Prado

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- - 725
k veh/
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veh/
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- qm=uf (km )
kj

362.52
- qm=16.1(362.5 )
725

- qm=2919 veh /hour

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Ilustracin 1: La Molina Avenue - Jv Prado Avenue

Ilustracin 2: La Molina Avenue - Separdora Insustrial

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Molina
La Molina
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- SUMMARY
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- The road segment of current traffic problems Avenue La Molina, such as
public transport and taxis, as stop when the traffic light is green, this
problem in both directions.
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 - From west to east and east to west has only three traffic lights, and
there are a lot of vehicles on this road segment, causing a lot of traffic.
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- A traffic light on Industrial Separadora and another on Avenue Builders,
but the problem is that many vehicles arriving at Industrial Separadora
and turn right before the traffic lights, causing a lot of traffic in this
segment as well.
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- The above problems must be resolved as soon as possible to make
feasible intersection.
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- REFERENCES
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o https://www.google.com.pe/maps/dir//Avenida+la+Molina+414,+Lima/
@-12.0604805,-76.9970239,13z/data
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o http://en.eazel.com//results.php?
cat=web&id=AAA00bde8b08e80e287d4837a8edffc5271&oid=25
&co=pe&lg=en&q=la+molina+lima+peru
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