Effects of an HOV-2 to HOT-3 conversion on traveler behavior : evidence from a panel study of the I-85 corridor in Atlanta.

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• Creators:
  Petrella, Margaret ; Puckett, Sean ; Peirce, Sean ; Minnice, Paul ; Lappin, Jane
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.). Economic and Industry Analysis Division
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic congestion
  • Congestion pricing
  • High occupancy toll lanes
  • Travel behavior
  • Variable tolls
  • Surveys
  • Highway corridors
  • Customer satisfaction
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Atlanta (Georgia)
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  This paper uses a two-stage panel survey approach, with roughly 1,600 respondent ; households, to analyze the impacts of a federally sponsored variable tolling ; program on the I-85 corridor northeast of Atlanta. The focus is on corridor ; users’ daily travel choices and opinions. Key survey findings include a decrease ; in respondents’ travel in the corridor after tolling, including on I-85. However, ; changes in travel varied by lane; while travel declined in the general purpose ; lanes, there was an increase in both the number of trips, as well as the number of ; respondents utilizing the Express Lanes, as compared to the former HOV lane. The ; largest share of trips in the Express lanes (82%)was solo drivers who paid the ; toll. Vehicle occupancy declined dramatically in the Express Lanes, as carpoolers ; tended to shift onto the general purpose lanes, and conversely, there was a ; significant increase in vehicle occupancy in the general purpose lanes. There ; were small (but not statistically significant) increases in transit mode share in ; the corridor, while carpooling and telecommuting levels increased slightly, but ; the changes cannot be attributed to tolling. In the post-tolling survey, reported ; satisfaction with travel time, travel speed and reliability of individual trips ; varied by key user groups: Wave 1 HOV-2 users became significantly less satisfied, ; whereas Express Lane users became more satisfied. Overall, personal attitudes ; toward tolling became significantly more negative after the deployment of pricing.
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12124/dot_12124_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 4.03 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:feb25a4c8f3ef2e9aad113175e2c6cec68902fbe445ed3de3cb708b16deaed50