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Rural Road Widening Project Analysis

The project involves widening a 1 km rural road to a standard 2-lane with shoulders, focusing on traffic analysis before and after the widening. Data collection includes traffic counts and studies from various agencies, with projections indicating a significant increase in traffic volume over a 10-year horizon. Recommendations for mitigation include lane specifications, improved drainage, and monitoring post-construction traffic and crash records.

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Rural Road Widening Project Analysis

The project involves widening a 1 km rural road to a standard 2-lane with shoulders, focusing on traffic analysis before and after the widening. Data collection includes traffic counts and studies from various agencies, with projections indicating a significant increase in traffic volume over a 10-year horizon. Recommendations for mitigation include lane specifications, improved drainage, and monitoring post-construction traffic and crash records.

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Project: Road widening (1 km rural)

STEP 1
Define the project: Widen 1 km rural road to standard 2-lane with
shoulders.

Study area: Project section + 300 m approaches.

Analysis periods: Existing, opening year, 10-year


horizon.

Scenarios: Before widening, after widening, future growth.


STEP 2

Data Collection:

DPWH – official AADT and road traffic counts.


MMDA – Metro Manila traffic data.
LGUs – local traffic surveys.
JICA / UP-NCTS – research traffic studies.
On-site surveys – manual counts or counters if no data available.
Data needed:

AADT - (assuming) 8,000 veh/day


1hr Peak Traffic Count - (assuming) 960 veh/hr
Speed - 85th Percentile
Existing Capacity per Lane, C0 - 700 veh/hr
Widened Capacity per Lane C1 - 1800 veh/hr
Speed before - 30 km/hr
Speed after - 60 km/hr
Design Horizon - 10 years
Growth - 2%
Directional Split - 60%/40%
Crash History
STEP 3 Analysis
a. Peak Flows
Peak Flow = 1hr Peak Traffic Count = 960 veh/hr
Max Flow on 1 Lane = Peak Flow x Directional Split
VMax = 960 veh/hr x 0.6 = 576 veh/hr

b. V/C calculations
V/CPRE = = = 0.823 = 82.3%

V/CPOST = = = 0.320 = 32%


c. Design AADT
AADT10 years = AADT (1 + Design Horizon
AADT10 years = 8,000 veh/day (1 + 10 = 9,752 veh/day

Peak Flow 10 years = AADT10 years ()


Peak Flow 10 years = 9,752 veh/day () = 1,170 veh/hr

Vmax 10 years = 1,170 veh/hr x 0.6 = 702 veh/hr


d. V/C calculations after 10 years
V/CPRE = = = 1.003 = 100% over saturated

V/CPOST = = = 0.390 = 39%


e. LOS (Level of Service)
LOS Criteria:

LOS from solving:


STEP 4 Mitigation & recommendations
- Provide two 3.0 m lanes + 1.0–1.5 m shoulders. Follow DPWH
lane/sight-distance standards.

- Mark transitions/tapers at both ends per DPWH design


[Link] drainage & edge slope; add edge lines and signs
warning of slow/ agricultural vehicles.

- Recheck crash history; add countermeasures (rumble strips,


barriers) if head-on/run-off crashes are common.

- Monitoring: re-count peak hour and crash record 6–12 months


after opening.

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