Suggested Procedures for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Freeway HOV Facilities

Details

• Creators:
  Turnbull, KF ; Henk, RH ; Christiansen, DL
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Urban Mass Transit Administration.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bus lanes
  • Freeways
  • Highway traffic control
  • Operations and Traffic Management
  • Public Transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UMTA/TX-91/925
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1526570
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas. State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation
• Abstract:
  This report presents the results of the state-of-the-art review of evaluation practices used with different high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane projects in North America. Based on this review, suggested procedures are outlined for conducting before-and-after evaluations of freeway HOV facilities and ongoing monitoring activities. Evaluation studies of HOV facilities in Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia, Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle, Minneapolis, Orange County, Santa Clara County, and Fort Lee, New Jersey are examined. Based on this review, a general approach is presented for designing and conducting evaluations of freeway HOV facilities. This includes a discussion of the overall steps in the evaluation process, and the suggested objectives, measures of effectiveness, threshold ranges, and data needs. A more detailed discussion of the specific data collection techniques and methodologies needed to conduct the examination is also presented.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Technical Study 2-11-90/1-925
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40602/dot_40602_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1019.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:041fafbf620a5272394242a2c2efc264954f24ac662e2d07f381b32afd2c3622