Impacts of Snowy Weather Conditions on Expressway Traffic Flow Characteristics

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 2</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption">Traffic flow characteristics of expressway under various weather conditions.</div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Time period</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Morning peak</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Evening peak</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Off-peak</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Weather condition</td><td align="center">Heavy snow</td><td align="center">Normal weather</td><td align="center">Heavy snow</td><td align="center">Normal weather</td><td align="center">Heavy snow</td><td align="center">Normal weather</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Average speed (km/h)</td><td align="center">56.60</td><td align="center">54.96</td><td align="center">59.84</td><td align="center">46.05</td><td align="center">64.36</td><td align="center">71.71</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Volume per hour (veh./h)</td><td align="center">1632</td><td align="center">4722</td><td align="center">1378</td><td align="center">4952</td><td align="center">832</td><td align="center">2751</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Speed change on heavy snowy day (%)</td><td align="center" colspan="2"><span style="width: 38.462502px;"><svg height="11.175" id="M1" style="vertical-align:-0.20474pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 38.462502 11.175" width="38.462502" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg></span></td><td align="center" colspan="2">−10.26</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Volume reduction (%)</td><td align="center" colspan="2">
												65.44
											</td><td align="center" colspan="2">
												72.17
											</td><td align="center" colspan="2">
												69.76
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Table 2 | Impacts of Snowy Weather Conditions on Expressway Traffic Flow Characteristics

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Table 2: Impacts of Snowy Weather Conditions on Expressway Traffic Flow Characteristics

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