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Transportation For Engineers Question Paper

Transportation For Engineers

Course:Bachelor Of Science

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING

EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
SET 565 :
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING II
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DATE: FRIDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 2011
TIME: 11.00 A.M. - 1.00 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS
? The paper has FOUR questions
? Each Question carry 20 marks
? Answer THREE questions.

Question One
a)
Differentiate between normal traffic growth, generated traffic and development traffic. (7.5 marks)
b)
Explain five methods of carrying out origin and destination (O-D) surveys in highway planning. (12.5 marks)

Question Two
a)
Explain briefly the three common ways for collecting traffic data. (6 marks)
b)
Using sketches and equations discuss briefly the four major indices describing the parking utilization of the area or site of focus. (12 marks)
c)
Highlight two methods used to collect the estimation data for the indices above. (2 marks)

Question Three
a)
Highlight the major categories of parking
(6 marks)
b)
Explain the following as used in parking studies
i)
Comprehensive studies
ii)
Limited studies
iii)
Site-specific studies
(12 marks)
c)
Highlight four effects of good lighting (2 marks)

Question Four
a)
Discuss highway capacity and level of service as used transportation planning. (10 marks)
b)
Assume that 50 vehicles were counted during each of all possible 5-min intervals during the peak hour. Compute the peak-hour factor (PHF). (10 marks)

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