12 Transportation · 12.1 Transportation planning
12.1.4 Parking studies, speed and delay studies and accident studies
Parking studies measure how much parking is used, for how long and by how many vehicles; speed and delay studies show where and why traffic slows; accident studies find dangerous spots and their causes, so that each problem can be fixed with evidence.
- MPSC ATP
- Standard level
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- Full course
Key terms
- parking survey
- on-street parking
- off-street parking
- parking accumulation
- parking turnover
- parking index
- parking duration
- angle parking
- kerb length
- equivalent car space
- ECS
- spot speed
- enoscope
- radar
- 85th percentile speed
- time-mean speed
- space-mean speed
- floating car
- moving observer
- speed and delay study
- accident study
- collision diagram
- condition diagram
- black spot
What this note covers
- Core factsFoundation
- ExplainedStandard
- DeeperAdvanced
- Mains writingMains writing
- Common trapsFoundation
- Quick revisionFoundation
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