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O3 - <br /> #51512 <br /> Transportation Impact Report <br /> February 11, 1986 <br /> Page Three <br /> . Table I . <br /> Trip Generation Summary <br /> 24-hour 7:00-9:00 A.M. 4:00-6:00 P.M. <br /> t Two-way Peak Hours Peak Hours <br /> `. Volume Enter Exit Enter Exit <br /> 760 17 42 48 28 - <br /> Existing Road Conditions: . <br /> Per the NCDOT manual "Highway Capacity", levels of service <br /> and maximum service volumes on a two-lane highway under uninter- <br /> rupted flow conditions (Normally representative of rural <br /> operations) . <br /> Flow in both directions <br /> Level of Service Description per hour <br /> A Free flow 400 cars <br /> B Stable flow 900 cars <br /> C Stable flow 1400 cars <br /> D Approaching unstable <br /> flow 1700 cars <br /> E Unstable- flow 2000 cars <br /> ,E F Forced flow widely variable <br /> I * See Appendix B for definitions. <br /> Determination of Intersection Capacity: <br /> The intersection capacity analysis for use in site planning <br /> application is based on the "Critical Movement. Summation" <br /> technique developed by McInerney and Petersen _ Table II gives <br />. . - the capacity ranges of an intersection for each level of <br /> service. <br />'_:Ti Intersection Capacity by p S <br /> P v v L�� 1 of Service <br /> Level of Service Range of Capacity (VPH) <br /> Mg <br /> A !? - High <br /> rit 0 900 <br /> B 901 1050 <br /> C 1051 1200 <br /> f, D 1201 <br /> 1350 <br /> F 1351 1500 <br /> (Special case) 1500 <br /> Iv <br /> ,r <br />