There are many ways to classify traffic analysis problems that
are appropriate for analysis with the HCM. The graphic below includes
seven categories. The kinds of problems that are addressed in this chapter,
within these seven categories,
are highlighted in BLUE.
| Analytical
tools |
|
HCM
Part II |
|
Facility
type |
HCM
Part III |
|
HCM
Part IV |
|
Level
of analysis |
|
Problem
type |
| HCM |
|
10 |
|
Uninterrupted |
15 |
|
28 |
|
Planning |
|
Functional design |
| Macroscopic simulation |
11 |
16 |
29 |
Design |
Detailed design |
| Microscopic simulation |
12 |
17 |
30 |
Operational
analysis |
Access management |
| Other tools |
13 |
Interrupted |
20 |
|
|
Intersection
operations |
| |
14 |
22 |
Arterial
operations |
| |
23 |
Network operations |
| 24 |
Freeway operations |
| 25 |
Corridor study |
| |
18 |
Sub-area study |
| 19 |
Areawide study |
|