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... 52 Reduction in Available Capacity from Incidents The 2010 HCM serves as a worldwide reference for transportation and traffic engineering scholars and practitioners. Within the HCM are tables defining available freeway segment capacity when a number of freeway and shoulder lanes are blocked by incidents.
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... Reduction in Available Capacity from Incidents 53   Proportion of Freeway Segment Capacity Available Under Incident Conditions Number of Lanes (One Direction) Shoulder Disablement Shoulder Accident One Lane Blocked Two Lanes Blocked Three Lanes Blocked 2 0.9511 0.8110 0.68–0.7712 0.3510 0.46–0.5011 0.47–0.5013 0.0010 0.13–0.1411 N/A 3 0.9910 0.5214 0.79 0.8310 0.7413 0.7215 0.77 0.4910 0.40–0.4312 0.5013 0.3614 0.3716 0.55 0.1710 0.29–0.3212 0.2113 0.1814 0.2315 0.24 0.0010 4 0.99 10 0.91 0.8510 0.87 0.5810 0.69 0.2510 0.30 0.1310 0.18 5 0.99 10 0.8710 0.6510 0.76 0.4010 0.60 0.2010 0.32 6 0.9910 0.8910 0.7110 0.5010 0.2610 7 0.9910 0.9110 0.7510 0.5710 0.3610 8 0.9910 0.9310 0.7810 0.6310 0.4110 Note: Bold text indicates HCM values, italic indicates estimates from this study.

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