Evaluation Framework for High-Occupancy-Toll Lanes
A high-occupancy/toll (HOT) lane is an increasingly popular form of traffic management which reserves a set of freeway lanes for HOVs and transit users, while allowing low-occupancy vehicles (LOV) to enter for a fee. In turn HOT lanes must maintain a minimal level of service which is accomplished by regulating the volume of entering LOVs. Modeling the choice process which dictates the volume of LOVs that choose to pay and take the HOT lane is integral in the toll setting process, and the focus of this paper. Two simple formulations (an all-or-nothing assignment and an additive logit model) are compared with a formulation based on the population VOT distribution which is shown to be superior through numerical analysis. Both static and dynamic toll setting algorithms are developed based on the proposed lane choice model, and their performance is compared (under deterministic traffic behavior) in regards to the performance of an HOT facility.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHB35 Managed Lanes.
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Authors:
- Gardner, Lauren
- Bar-Gera, Hillel
- Boyles, Stephen
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
- Date: 2013
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 24p
- Monograph Title: TRB 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Algorithms; Choice models; High occupancy toll lanes; Logits; Value of time; Variable tolls
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01476986
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 13-2368
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 28 2013 8:59AM