increase in traffic volume due to increase in transport vehicles is known as traffic congestion.
increase in traffic volume due to increase in transport vehicles is known as traffic congestion.
increase in traffic volume due to increase in transport vehicles is known as?
traffic congestion
i-5 is maintained by the washington state department of transportation (wsdot), who conduct an annual survey of traffic volume that is expressed in terms of average annual daily traffic (aadt), a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. the stretch of i-5 through downtown seattle is the busiest highway in washington state, with a daily average of over 274,000 vehicles in the mainline and express lanes. the least-traveled segment of i-5 is located at sr 548 in blaine, with a daily average of 6,600 vehicles. traffic congestion i-5 through the seattle metropolitan area is among the worst in the united states, with 78 percent of peak direction miles classified as "routinely congested" for 7–8 hours a day and an average annual delay of 55 hours for the seattle–everett corridor. the freeway has a maximum speed limit of in rural areas and in urban and suburban areas, which includes a section between tumwater and marysville.
interstate 5 in washington
saskatchewan (sk) has six travel corridors of which the northern woods and water route is the most northerly. the nwwr begins its journey in north western sk on sk hwy 55, which crosses of northern saskatchewan. pierceland, a small hamlet of the beaver river no. 622 rural municipality (rm), is located at the junction of sk hwy 55, sk hwy 950 north and sk hwy 21 south where traffic volume is around 1,000 vpd. the unincorporated area of peerless, is located at the junction of sk hwy 55 and sk hwy 26 which bears a traffic volume between 600 and 70 vpd.goodsoil, the approximate halfway point of the nwwr is located on sk hwy 26 north of the nwwr en route to the meadow lake provincial park. rapid view is an unincorporated area of the rm of meadow lake no. 588 rm. the town of meadow lake is located on the north-western shore of meadow lake where the aadt is approximately 1,700 to 2,500 vpd. green lake, located at the intersection of sk hwy 55 and sk hwy 155, is at the northern tip of green lake. traffic volume is considerably higher west of green river at about 900 vpd dropping to about 350 to the east. between green lake and shellbrook, the nwwr bears south east skirting around the western edge of the prince albert national park. the nwwr follows the eastern shoreline of cowan lake until the southern tip at big river which is just west of delaronde lake, and the highway volume at this point is about 1,000 vpd. big river no. 555 rm provides civic administration to bodmin. debden, a village of about 350, is at the sk hwy 55 and sk hwy 793 junction where traffic volume is about 850 vpd to the north and around 1,200 vpd to the south of the intersection. polwarth, at the sk hwy 55 and sk hwy 793 south junction, is a hamlet of canwood no. 494 rm. the village of canwood, population of about 350, is located between polwarth and the town of shellbrook. shellbrook is at the intersection of sk hwy 55 and sk hwy 240 where the aadt increases to about 2,000 vpd. at shellbrook, the concurrency with sk hwy 3 begins and the multiplex ends in prince albert. crutwell, a hamlet of shellbrook no. 493 rm, is located south of the nwwr, and north of the north saskatchewan river. on the nwwr, at crutwell, the traffic volume rises to about 3,100. at the city of prince albert sk hwy 55 connects with sk hwy 3 and sk hwy 2. traffic volume west of the city is about 4200 vpd, whereas east of the city the aadt drops to approximately 2,090 vpd. prince albert, located on the north saskatchewan river, is within of the prince albert national park. meath park is a village of about 200 at the junction of sk hwy 55, sk hwy 355 and sk hwy 120 where the traffic volume is heaviest west towards prince albert at about 2,000 vpd, and the aadt trickles down to 1,000 vpd east of meath park. the nwwr is located in the boreal transition ecoregion which features agricultural fields on the parkland mixed with dense taiga and sparse population. over the next there are three small unincorporated areas with populations less than 100; weirdale is found in the garden river no. 490 rm; foxford in paddockwood no. 520, rm; and shipman of torch river no. 488 rm. at the sk hwy 55 and sk hwy 255 junction is the village of smeaton, and at the sk hwy 55 and sk hwy 691 junction is the hamlet of snowden. choiceland is north of the sk hwy 55 and the sk hwy 6 national highway intersection. garrick is a part of torch river no. 488 rm and love, a village of around 60, marks a turn south east for the nwwr. white fox, a village of about 375 is near the sk hwy 55 and sk hwy 35 intersection where the traffic volume raises to 1,700 vpd. at the intersection, the nwwr turns south and a concurrency begins until the town of nipawin. nipawin on the saskatchewan river, and near both tobin lake and codette lake is home to the northern woods and water route association. west of nipawin until the sk hwy 23 intersection the traffic volume remain around 1,300 vpd and following the intersection to the east the traffic falls to about 400 vpd. there are no communities along the sk hwy 9 route which contributes to the entire nwwr. at the junction between sk hwy 55 and sk hwy 9, the aadt is less than 100 vpd.
northern woods and water route