Figure 1 Hourly Variations of Average Lane Mean Speeds,,,,, Shoulder lane: 4-lane highway section,,,,, Time of day,Mean speed (mph),,,, ,9901,351,9932,9928,9919 0,68.73,73.52,68.87,66.92,63.02 1,72.31,70.61,69.72,67.66,63.96 2,71.99,72.31,68.07,66.99,64.07 3,72.13,70.33,68.08,66.60,64.53 4,71.95,70.96,66.92,66.88,64.13 5,71.90,72.46,67.92,67.50,65.31 6,72.29,73.80,71.14,67.35,65.70 7,73.31,73.86,71.44,67.53,67.50 8,72.84,73.39,72.23,67.24,65.96 9,71.95,73.28,70.98,68.33,66.93 10,71.05,73.53,71.38,67.99,65.70 11,72.81,73.66,70.13,67.67,66.10 12,67.15,73.39,70.34,68.50,65.97 13,67.80,71.95,70.52,67.95,66.05 14,67.16,71.44,71.09,68.40,66.50 15,67.68,73.25,71.56,69.44,66.24 16,67.78,72.05,72.17,68.60,66.47 17,68.56,69.00,72.70,69.15,66.85 18,69.24,71.28,72.51,68.44,66.57 19,68.32,72.48,71.10,66.54,66.80 20,67.74,72.76,70.44,66.77,65.33 21,66.93,73.39,70.69,67.32,65.55 22,67.47,71.68,69.59,66.01,66.08 23,67.48,72.39,70.81,65.83,65.84 Shoulder lane: 6-lane highway section,,,,, Time of day,Mean speed (mph),,,, ,320,9904,9905,, 0,70.35,69.34,68.73, 1,69.08,69.84,67.77, 2,70.02,69.73,66.78, 3,69.06,68.69,67.57, 4,68.24,68.45,67.55, 5,68.26,68.55,68.18, 6,68.36,68.82,68.56, 7,69.18,68.89,68.32, 8,70.18,68.43,67.61, 9,70.78,68.68,67.38, 10,69.60,68.32,67.17, 11,69.89,68.56,67.62, 12,69.14,69.57,67.15, 13,70.44,70.37,67.80, 14,70.31,71.48,67.16, 15,70.20,72.00,67.68, 16,69.83,71.81,67.78, 17,69.70,72.32,68.56, 18,69.00,72.31,69.24, 19,69.11,72.55,68.32, 20,69.33,72.88,67.74, 21,69.64,72.86,66.93, 22,69.18,73.40,67.47, 23,69.20,71.79,67.48, ,,,, Middle lane: 6-lane highway section,,,, Time of day,Mean speed (mph),,, ,320,9904,9905, 0,73.79,71.23,72.42, 1,73.78,72.99,72.38, 2,73.42,73.84,72.07, 3,74.68,72.97,72.48, 4,75.29,71.97,73.60, 5,73.64,71.26,73.51, 6,75.43,72.17,74.10, 7,75.39,73.20,74.10, 8,75.50,72.83,72.99, 9,75.29,72.53,72.89, 10,75.3,72.55,72.10, 11,75.43,72.63,73.11, 12,75.26,72.80,72.62, 13,75.33,71.90,73.16, 14,75.92,72.45,73.01, 15,76.02,72.60,72.63, 16,75.37,72.33,73.23, 17,75.81,71.83,73.72, 18,76.10,72.30,74.73, 19,75.29,71.99,73.98, 20,74.90,72.83,73.09,, 21,74.23,72.00,72.21,, 22,73.63,72.96,72.26,, 23,74.24,72.64,72.82,, ,,,,, Median lane: 4-lane highway section,,,,, Time of day,Mean speed (mph),,,, ,9901,9928,351,9919,9932 0,75.91,76.67,79.44,62.61,74.00 1,80.00,70.44,74.33,58.86,75.07 2,79.92,68.73,75.80,59.18,78.20 3,75.82,74.27,77.00,59.56,68.17 4,75.30,71.38,76.50,66.83,74.09 5,77.26,73.13,78.83,64.22,78.58 6,76.69,72.32,77.94,65.91,75.93 7,77.35,71.47,80.15,66.62,79.16 8,76.92,72.64,75.88,66.34,78.07 9,76.69,73.13,78.51,67.33,77.80 10,75.45,72.35,78.56,64.32,78.02 11,78.05,72.69,79.67,67.48,77.05 12,77.91,73.65,76.63,65.84,77.70 13,78.18,73.35,76.04,65.75,78.01 14,78.27,73.87,77.20,66.91,78.14 15,78.53,74.26,78.05,67.17,78.75 16,78.75,73.45,76.36,66.82,79.55 17,77.16,73.72,74.00,66.32,78.84 18,77.60,73.41,76.93,67.38,78.98 19,75.34,70.00,77.50,66.99,77.18 20,76.32,71.75,78.21,65.26,77.76 21,76.69,72.51,76.47,65.77,78.09 22,75.64,72.03,76.86,64.60,76.39 23,77.04,70.07,82.34,64.51,77.75 ,,,,, Median lane: 6-lane highway section,,,,, Time of day,Mean speed (mph),,,, ,320,9904,9905,, 0,81.43,70.80,73.27,, 1,80.67,73.13,74.00,, 2,79.68,72.33,73.36,, 3,80.17,73.08,73.50,, 4,81.14,69.16,77.75,, 5,82.35,72.79,75.77,, 6,79.86,72.10,79.80,, 7,81.50,72.09,77.95,, 8,80.87,73.33,75.80,, 9,80.91,72.33,76.11,, 10,81.03,71.60,75.33,, 11,80.31,72.76,76.00,, 12,80.72,72.37,75.77, 13,81.39,72.43,76.78, 14,81.64,72.69,76.82, 15,81.61,73.07,76.52, 16,80.84,72.24,76.87, 17,81.64,72.43,76.92, 18,81.46,72.35,78.47, 19,80.98,72.48,77.54, 20,79.59,73.76,76.50, 21,79.75,73.16,75.48, 22,79.84,74.03,77.22, 23,80.55,71.59,77.83, ,,,,