8.18 Two routes connect an origin and a destination.Routes 1 and 2 have performance functions t₁ = 2 + x₁and t₂ = 1 + x2, where the 's are in minutes and the x'sare in thousands of vehicles per hour. The travel timeson the routes are known to be in user equilibrium. If anobservation for route 1 finds that the gaps between30% of the vehicles are less than 6 seconds, estimate thevolume and average travel times for the two routes.(Hint: Assume a Poisson distribution of vehiclearrivals, as discussed in Chapter 5.)

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