Los Angeles congestion reduction demonstration (Metro ExpressLanes) program. National evaluation : environmental data test plan.

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• Creators:
  Schreffler, Eric ; Joy, K. Barbara
• Corporate Creators:
  Battelle
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; United States. Federal Highway Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Traffic congestion
  • Tolls
  • Public transit
  • Telecommuting
  • Travel demand management
  • Technology
  • Congestion pricing
  • Parking
  • High occupancy toll lanes
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-13-029
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Los Angeles (California)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
• Abstract:
  This report presents the Environmental Data Test Plan for the national evaluation of the Los Angeles ; (LA) Congestion Reduction Demonstration (Metro ExpressLanes) under the United States Department ; of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Congestion Reduction Demonstration (CRD) Program. The Los Angeles ; CRD projects focus on reducing traffic congestion by employing strategies consisting of combinations ; of tolling, transit, telecommuting/travel demand management (TDM), and technology, also known as the ; 4Ts. Tolling (pricing) strategies include converting high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on the two ; freeway corridors to variably-priced high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, adding a second HOT lane to ; portions of one corridor, and implementation of a downtown LA intelligent parking management system ; featuring demand-based pricing and real-time parking availability information. Transit improvements ; include increased bus service, transit station security improvements, expansion of two transit stations, ; creation of an El Monte Busway/Union Station bus service connection, and the expansion of downtown ; LA transit signal priority. TDM strategies aim to establish 100 new registered vanpools. This ; Environmental Data Test Plan is one of ten test plans being developed. The other nine test plans consist ; of the following: traffic; exogenous factors; transit systems; surveys, interviews and workshops; ; ridesharing; safety; tolling; content analysis; and cost-benefit. Each test plan is based on the LA CRD ; National Evaluation Plan. This test plan describes the sources, availability, and possible risks associated ; with the data. The methods for analyzing the tolling data are discussed. The schedule and responsibility ; for collecting, analyzing, and reporting the environmental data are also presented.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-06-D-00007/ORDER 07- T-08002/WO BA07-041
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3398/dot_3398_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.25 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c412a1b2ada824982c774a4bb93686bc0d729c9f10274719635b9de99c6ef618dcce105f1f5be584b331bc9033173fc39c965e9a8c27991ae29d3b7cc8ae8e3