RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 36 4.1 Peak Hour Identification 36 (5)ix PAGE 4.2 Analysis of Present Traffic Condition 38 4.3 Analysis of Future Traffic Condition 40 5

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TITLE PAGE i

APPROVAL PAGE ii

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS vii

LIST OF TABLES x

LIST OF FIGURES xii

LIST OF APPENDICES xiv

LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES xv

LIST OF APPENDIX FIGURES xvii

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xviii

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background of the Field Practice 1

1.2 Significance of the Field Practice 2

1.3 Objectives of the Field Practice 3

1.4 Scope and Limitations of the Field Practice 4

1.5 Time and Place of the Field Practice 5

2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 7

2.1 Traffic Congestion 7

2.2 Intersections 7

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Signalized Intersections 8

Unsignalized Intersections 9

All-way Stop-controlled Intersection 9

Two-way Stop-controlled Intersection 9

Yield-sign Controlled Intersection 9

2.3 Level of Service 10

2.4 Traffic Parameters 12

Peak Hour Factor 12

Headway 13

Passenger Car Equivalence 13

Delay 16

2.5 Study Area 16

2.6 Synchro 17

Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) Guidelines 17

Other Traffic Engineering Software 22

3. MATERIALS AND METHODS 23

3.1 Preliminary Observations 23

3.2 Collection of Data 23

3.3 Present Traffic Condition 23

3.4 Future Traffic Condition 29

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 36

4.1 Peak Hour Identification 36

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4.2 Analysis of Present Traffic Condition 38

4.3 Analysis of Future Traffic Condition 40

5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 44

6. RECOMMENDATIONS 46

7. REFERENCES 47

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2-1 LOS Criteria for Unsignalized Intersections 12 2-2 Passenger Car Equivalent Factors of Different Vehicle Types 14 4-1 Control Delay per Movement at AM Peak Hours 39

of Present Traffic Condition

4-2 Control Delay per Movement at PM Peak Hours 39 of Present Traffic Condition

4-3 Summary of LOS per Movement at AM Peak Hours 40 of Present Traffic Condition

4-4 Summary of LOS per Movement at PM Peak Hours 40 of Present Traffic Condition

4-5 Control Delay per Movement at AM Peak Hours 41 of Future Traffic Condition

4-6 Control Delay per Movement at PM Peak Hours 41 of Future Traffic Condition

4-7 Summary of LOS per Movement at AM Peak Hours 42 of Future Traffic Condition

4-8 Summary of LOS per Movement at PM Peak Hours 42 of Future Traffic Condition

4-9 Comparison of LOS of Present and Future Traffic Conditions 43 at AM Peak Hours

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4-10 Comparison of LOS of Present and Future Traffic Conditions 43 at PM Peak Hours

5-1 Summary of LOS at Present and Future Traffic Conditions 44 at AM and PM Peak Hours

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1-1 Full Extent of the C-5 Extension project 2 1-2 Vicinity Map of Segment 9 Northern Link Expressway Project 6

2-1 The Six Levels of Service 10

2-2 Input worksheet for intersection capacity and LOS computation 19 2-3 Volume adjustment and saturation flow rate worksheet 20

2-4 Capacity and LOS worksheet 21

3-1 Addition of Links and Formation of Three-Leg Intersection 24 for Present Traffic Condition

3-2 Input of Traffic Volume for Present Traffic Condition 25 3-3 Input of PHF and Proportion of Heavy Vehicles 26

in Volume Window for Present Traffic Condition

3-4 Selection of Type of Control in Timing Window 27 for Present Traffic Condition

3-5 Selection of Sign Control and Determination of LOS 28 for Present Traffic Condition

3-6 Simulation of Present Traffic Condition 29 3-7 Addition of Links and Formation of Four-Leg Intersection 30

for Future Traffic Condition

3-8 Input of Traffic Volume for Future Traffic Condition 31 3-9 Input of PHF and Proportion of Heavy Vehicles 32

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in Volume Window for Future Traffic Condition

3-10 Selection of Type of Control in Timing Window 33 for Future Traffic Condition

3-11 Selection of Sign Control and Determination of LOS 34 for Future Traffic Condition

3-12 Simulation of Future Traffic Condition 35

4-1 AM Peak Hour Identification 36

4-2 PM Peak Hour Identification 37

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A Sample Computation for Conversion to Passenger Car Units 50

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1 Balintawak Barrier North Bound May 7, 2013 (Tuesday) 52 2 Balintawak Barrier North Bound May 8, 2013 (Wednesday) 53 3 Balintawak Barrier North Bound May 9, 2013 (Thursday) 54 4 Balintawak Barrier North Bound May 10, 2013 (Friday) 55 5 Balintawak Barrier North Bound May 11, 2013 (Saturday) 56 6 Balintawak Barrier North Bound May 12, 2013 (Sunday) 57 7 Balintawak Barrier North Bound May 13, 2013 (Monday) 58 8 Balintawak Barrier North Bound May 14, 2013 (Tuesday) 59 9 Balintawak Barrier South Bound May 7, 2013 60 10 Balintawak Barrier South Bound May 8, 2013 61 11 Balintawak Barrier South Bound May 9, 2013 62 12 Balintawak Barrier South Bound May 10, 2013 63 13 Balintawak Barrier South Bound May 11, 2013 64 14 Balintawak Barrier South Bound May 12, 2013 65 15 Balintawak Barrier South Bound May 13, 2013 66 16 Balintawak Barrier South Bound May 14, 2013 67

17 Mindanao Avenue Exit May 7, 2013 68

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1 AM Peak Hour Identification for May 8, 2013 77 2 PM Peak Hour Identification for May 8, 2013 77 3 AM Peak Hour Identification for May 9, 2013 78 4 PM Peak Hour Identification for May 9, 2013 78 5 AM Peak Hour Identification for May 10, 2013 79 6 PM Peak Hour Identification for May 10, 2013 79 7 AM Peak Hour Identification for May 11, 2013 80 8 PM Peak Hour Identification for May 11, 2013 80 9 AM Peak Hour Identification for May 12, 2013 81 10 PM Peak Hour Identification for May 12, 2013 81 11 AM Peak Hour Identification for May 13, 2013 82 12 PM Peak Hour Identification for May 13, 2013 82 13 AM Peak Hour Identification for May 14, 2013 83 14 PM Peak Hour Identification for May 14, 2013 83

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

VIVAR, DANIEL LAWRENCE FERNANDEZ. College of Engineering and Agro- Industrial Technology, University of the Philippines Los Baños. May 2014. Traffic Analysis and Simulation for MNTC Phase 2, Segment 9 C-5 Northern Link Expressway Project Along North Luzon Expressway and MacArthur Highway, Philippines.

Major Adviser: Asst. Prof. Perlie P. Velasco

Due to the ubiquity of development of economic activities such as transfer of goods in Metro Manila, traffic congestion has resulted particularly in Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela or CAMANAVA area. South bound and North bound motorists from this area use EDSA and Commonwealth Avenue, which are already congested, as the main entry and exit points, and thus there is a need for an alternative route. This issue is addressed by the construction of the MNTC Phase 2 Segment 9 Northern Link Expressway Project, or the expressway connecting MacArthur Highway which is in Valenzuela City to North Luzon Expressway or NLEX, as part of the C-5 Extension Project which will ultimately lead to the NLEX-SLEX connector project. The Level of Service (LOS) of the existing traffic condition before the construction of Segment 9 in the Balintawak Barrier Tollway to Mindanao Avenue Exit segment of NLEX is assessed in this study. From there, a future traffic condition where Segment 9 is operational was projected and its LOS was also evaluated. Trial versions of Synchro6 and SimTraffic6 were used for the LOS evaluation and simulation, respectively, given the traffic volume data from May 7, 2013 to May 14, 2013. It was found out that the LOS of the present traffic condition at AM and PM peak hours were at least LOS C, and the most congested days are Friday and Saturday.

At future traffic condition, it was found out that the LOS improved from C to B at 10 to 11 AM peak hours of Friday and Saturday and B to A at 6 to 7 AM of Tuesday. Also, the LOS improved from C to B at PM peak hours of Friday and Saturday and B to A at PM peak hour of Thursday. Therefore, the construction of Segment 9 was a success in improving operating conditions of the freeway and the considered intersection. The recommend traffic management schemes were to include more regulatory and warning signs when nearing exits along the freeway.

Keywords: level of service evaluation, control delay peak hours, traffic simulation, intersection