Managed Lane Toll Prices: Impact of Transportation Demand Management Activities and Toll Exemptions

This research involved a simulation that compared 3 days of actual traffic data for the I-95 Express Lanes and general purpose lanes in Miami, Florida, with a hypothetical scenario in which all transportation demand management (TDM) activities and toll exemptions were eliminated. The purpose of the research was to quantify the extent to which carpooling, vanpooling, and transit use contribute to better traffic flow in the I-95 corridor. In the hypothetical scenario there was a slight degradation in express lane level of service (LOS) and a slight increase in tolls in the southbound direction. Conversely, there was a slight improvement in express lane LOS and a slight decrease in tolls in the northbound direction. In the hypothetical scenario, many inherently low emission vehicles (ILEVs), which are toll exempt, opted out of the express lanes. The increase in express lane volume from former carpoolers, vanpoolers, and transit riders reverting to single-occupant status was often offset by even larger volumes of ILEVs leaving the express lanes. Although the traffic effect on the express lanes was mild, the effect on the general purpose lanes was more severe. In the hypothetical scenario, the general purpose lanes operated at LOS F 22% more of the time in the southbound direction and 8% more of the time in the northbound direction.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2484-17
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309369282
• Authors:
  • Pessaro, Brian
  • Buddenbrock, Patrick
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 159–164
• Monograph Title: Freeway Operations; Regional Systems Management and Operations; Managed Lanes
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2484
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Express lanes; General purpose lanes; Level of service; Managed lanes; Road pricing; Tolls; Travel demand management
• Identifier Terms: Interstate 95
• Geographic Terms: Miami (Florida)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01551168
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309369282
• Report/Paper Numbers: 15-0780
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 27 2015 11:21AM