How many vehicles can be added to this highway before


A six-lane divided multilane highway (three lanes in each direction) has a measured free-flow speed of 50 mi/h. It is on mountainous terrain with a traffic stream consisting of 7% large trucks and buses and 3% recreational vehicles. The driver population adjustment is 0.92. One direction of the highway currently operates at maximum LOS C conditions, and it is known that the highway has PHF = 0.90.

How many vehicles can be added to this highway before capacity is reached, assuming the proportion of vehicle types remains the same but the peak-hour factor increases to 0.95?

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