A peak hour factor (PHF) is used to convert hourly traffic volume into the flow rate that represents the busiest 15 min of the rush hour. Past research indicated that PHF had a strong impact on traffic analysis results. The common practice is to use a default value recommended by national or local guidelines or to use limited field observations. This paper investigates the variability of PHF over time and across locations. The day-to-day variability of PHF was found to be as strong as the site-to-site variability. This finding prompts estimation of the PHF on the basis of multiple field measurements or, when it is not possible to obtain measurements, for the use of a model that returns the average value of PHF. This paper presents such a model, which links PHF with the hourly volume, population, and time of day. The paper demonstrates that a large portion of the variability in the sample of observations either can be explained with the model or can be attributed to the day-to-day fluctuation.


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    Title :

    Variability of Peak Hour Factor at Intersections


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2005-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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