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List of Figures

Figure 2-1 Variation in WAFs as a Function of Visibility and Rain Intensity Levels
Figure 2-2 Variation in WAFs as a Function of Visibility and Snow Intensity Levels
Figure 2-3 Impact of Precipitation on Flow-Density-Speed Relationships
Figure 2-4 Sample Traffic Stream Model Variation
Figure 2-5 Dry Flow Rate Percentage in Inclement Weather
Figure 2-6 Dry Speed Percentage in Inclement Weather
Figure 3-1 Incorporating Weather Impacts in DYNASMART-X Structure
Figure 3-2 Illustration of Recursive Estimation-Prediction Implementation
Figure 3-3 Rolling Horizon Procedure
Figure 3-4 DynaMIT Framework
Figure 3-5 Within-Day and Day-to-Day Process
Figure 4-1 Demand- and Supply- side Impacts of Adverse Weather
Figure 5-1 General Format of the weather.dat Input File
Figure 5-2 General Format of the WAF.dat Input File
Figure 5-3 General format of the vms.dat Input File
Figure 5-4 General format of the vls.dat input file
Figure 6-1 The Hampton Roads Network
Figure 6-2 A Dual-Regime Modified Greenshields Model
Figure 6-3 A Single-Regime Greenshields Model
Figure 6-4 Calibrated Speed-Density and Flow-Density Curves for a Freeway Section I-64
Figure 7-1 CHART Network
Figure 7-2 Network Travel Time Comparison
Figure 7-3 OD Travel Time Comparison
Figure 7-4 Standard Deviations of OD Travel Times
Figure 7-5 Time-Varying Local Weather Conditions
Figure 7-6 Time-Varying Speeds on a Weather-Impacted Link
Figure 7-7 Link Speed Comparison
Figure 7-8 Link Density Comparison
Figure 7-9 Accumulated Flow Comparison
Figure 7-10 OD Travel Time Comparison


List of Tables

Table 2-1 Rain Effects on Speed
Table 2-2 Snow Effects on Volume
Table 2-3 Snow Effects on Speed
Table 2-4 Summary of Weather Impact on Macroscopic Traffic Parameters
Table 2-5 Speed Reduction based on Pavement Conditions
Table 2-6 Speed and Capacity Reduction based on Road Type
Table 2-7 Reduction in Capacity from Daylight and Dry Conditions
Table 2-8 Summary of Rain Effects on Capacity
Table 2-9 Volume Reduction due to Snowstorm
Table 2-10 Impact of Environment Conditions on Speed
Table 2-11 Improvements based on the Winter Signal Timing Modification in Anchorage
Table 2-12 Improvements based on the Winter Signal Timing Modification in Minnesota
Table 2-13 Saturation Flow Rates Based on Botha-Kruse Study
Table 2-14 Saturation Flow Rate (vplph)
Table 2-15 Speed (mph)
Table 5-1 Weather-related features in DYNASMART
Table 5-2 Description of the weather.dat input file
Table 5-3 Supply Side Properties related with Weather Impact in DYNASMART-P
Table 5-4 Description of the WAF.dat input file
Table 5-5 Description of the vms.dat input file
Table 5-6 Description of the vsl.dat input file
Table 6-1 Coefficients of Weather Adjust Factor

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