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road capacity [′rōd kə‚pas·əd·ē] (civil engineering) The maximum traffic flow obtainable on a given roadway, using all available lanes, usually expressed in vehicles per hour or vehicles per day. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| With little chance of increasing urban road capacity sufficiently, an increase in truck volume would continue to add to our commuting problems. And it's no wonder gridlock is so bad: The population has skyrocketed more than 70 percent since the late 1960s, but road capacity has increased by less than 30 percent. The tolls could only be used for short-term financing of expanding road capacity," Replogle says. |
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