Effectiveness of Priority Entry Ramps in Texas

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• Creators:
  Mounce, John M. ; Fitzgerald, A. V.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Benefit Cost Analysis Bus Priority Bypasses Cost Effectiveness Evaluation Guidelines High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes High Occupancy Vehicles Implementation Ramp Metering Ramps

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  205-20
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  Priority entry ramps have been operational in Dallas and Houston for approximately five years. An evaluation of these installations indicated three of the four sites exhibited positive benefits in terms of delay savings to high-occupancy vehicle patrons authorized to use the priority entry ramp. Significant cost-effectiveness was found to be associated with priority entry bypassing ramp metering signalization. Violations of priority entry ramps decreased as the relationship between non-priority vehicle delay and priority vehicle demand increased. A benefit-cost methodology for assessing priority entry ramp effectiveness was formulated and recommended guidelines for implementation of priority entry ramps given.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-10-74-205
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4d68bf312277ef81aa6314337ca6602b4ba4c980dc8100e9de767f953cd661ba2737a7cec13ff0cd81ba4afae02d8d05ece6a8cde4e73b85499cf739ee8745d0
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85324/dot_85324_DS1.pdf
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