Guidelines for Estimating the Cost Effectiveness of High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Details

• Creators:
  Lomax, Timothy J. ; Morris, Daniel E.
• 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:
  • High occupancy vehicles
  • Bus and high occupancy vehicle facilities
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Public transit
  • Guideways
  • High occupancy vehicle lanes
  • Bus transit
  • Busways
  • Authorized Vehicle Lane
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-86/42+339-5
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim: September 1984 - November 1985
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Description:
  District offices of the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation have sponsored research into high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane cost effectiveness in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Many of these projects have utilized the freeway operations simulation capabilities of the FREQ7 computer model as a tool to assist in the cost effectiveness assessment. This report documents the process used to derive guidelines for estimation of HOV lane project benefit/cost ratios. An extensive radial freeway FREQ7 model data base was combined with an economic analysis of benefits and costs for barrier-separated HOV lane facilities. The data are intended to provide information to highway and transit planners concerning the potential viability of HOV lanes. The guidelines developed offer a means of initially screening freeways to determine whether more detailed and costly HOV feasibility studies are warranted.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-10-85-339
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85870/dot_85870_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.78 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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