High-Occupancy Vehicle System Development in the United States: A White Paper

Details

• Creators:
  Christiansen, Dennis L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air quality
  • Air pollution
  • High occupancy vehicle lanes
  • Mobility
  • Demand
  • Access Control
  • Highways
  • Operations and Traffic Management
  • Planning and Forecasting
  • Public Transportation
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOTR-TS-91-0016-00-0
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alberta
• Corporate Publisher:
  Technology Sharing Program (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this White Paper is to present information that provides a better understanding of the Highway Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) system approach for dealing with urban problems associated with traffic congestion, energy consumption, and air quality. The paper presents a description of the HOV system concept and discusses the characteristics and application of priority HOV projects. The focus is on HOV facilities developed either in freeway or in separate rights-of-way. These types of facilities can generally be grouped into the following four categories: exclusive HOV facility, separate right-of-way; exclusive HOV facility, freeway right-of-way; concurrent flow lane; and contraflow lane. Information is included on the extent of HOV development in the United States, reasons for developing HOV projects, public reaction to high-occupancy vehicle facility development, considerations to enhance HOV project success, and conclusions regarding the role of HOV projects.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39352/dot_39352_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.03 MB]
• Collection(s):
  ITSJPO Digital Library ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7dd69ad5426e73bd41b3ed2daf9a16b1f92fdac1684d89e6ebbcca85cfe92ff4