Evaluation of the effectiveness of high occupancy vehicle lanes

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Evaluate Effectiveness of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) Peter T. Martin, PhD Joseph Perrin, PhD Peng Wu Robert Lambert 8. Performing Organization Report No. UTL Work Unit No. Performing Organization Name and Address University of Utah Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.

@article{osti_, title = {Study of current and planned high occupancy vehicle lane use: performance and prospects}, author = {Southworth, F. and Westbrook, F.}, abstractNote = {This report details the results of a nationwide study of HOV lanes: their characteristics and performance as traffic congestion mitigating and rideshare enhancing facilities.

An Evaluation of the Cost Effectiveness of HOV Lanes: Technical Report Author: Cy Ulberg Subject: Benefit cost analysis, Carpools, Case studies, Computer programs, Cost effectiveness, High occupancy vehicle lanes, High occupancy vehicles, Life cycle costing, Ridesharing, Traffic lanes Keywords.

exhaustive evaluation of the third year of HOV lane operation in the Salt Lake Valley. The measures of effectiveness adopted were vehicle volume, average vehicle occupancy (AVO), modal split, person throughput, travel time, speed, accident rates and violation rates.

Vehicle volumes and speeds were. A high-occupancy vehicle lane (also known as an HOV lane, carpool lane, diamond lane, 2+ lane, and transit lane or T2 or T3 lanes) is a restricted traffic lane reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and one or more passengers, including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.

These restrictions may be only imposed during peak travel times or may apply at all times. High occupancy vehicle lanes have become an integral part of regional transportation planning. Their purpose is to increase ridesharing by offering a travel time advantage to multiple occupant vehicles.

This paper examines the extent to which an HOV facility increases ridesharing. Using data from the Route 55 HOV facility in Orange Country, California, changes in the carpooling rate on Route Cited by: The San Francisco Bay Area is well-suited for studying the effectiveness of high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes because the HOV restrictions are time-actuated: lane 1 is restricted to 2+ or 3+ vehicles on weekdays, AM and PM; at other times it is a general purpose Size: KB.

One unusually comprehensive study (Martin et al., ) is that of the mile HOV lane on I in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, which was opened in May, Conducted one year later, the study assesses HOV performance based on volume and speed data from traffic monitoring stations, and “manual field surveys” of vehicle occupancy, violations and travel by: COVID Resources.

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