High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Management System: Amendment A

Providing single occupant hybrid vehicles (SOHV) access to high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes creates a significant incentive for consumers to choose these low emission vehicles, thus reducing the environmental impact of traffic flow. However, there is an additional cost with such a policy in the form of increased congestion in the HOV facility and related regulatory compliance. Federal law mandates that single occupant hybrid vehicles (SOHV) be prohibited from using HOV lanes if speed performance falls below a minimum threshold. Specifically, traffic must maintain an average speed of at least 45 mph during 90% of peak hours over a 180-day period. This project is aimed at determining the impact of removing SOHVs from the HOV lane. It documents high-level design of a basic HOV lane management system necessary for controlling SOHV access to HOV facilities. Through simulation studies, it provides an analysis of the impact and description of a system architecture to implement a message system to convey to drivers the access rules to HOV lane.

• Record URL:
  https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm53r0wsz/2/producer%2FUCB-ITS-PRR-2011-10.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27669
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/10551425
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  McLaughlin Hall
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  California Department of Transportation

  Division of Research and Innovation
  1227 O Street, MS-83
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94273-0001
• Authors:
  • Sharafsaleh, Ashkan
  • Kohli, Varun
  • Edwards, Daniel
  • Gomes, Gabriel
  • Varaiya, Pravin
• Publication Date: 2011-10-31

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 86 p.
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High occupancy vehicle lanes; Hybrid vehicles; Managed lanes; Single occupant vehicles; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Traffic simulation; Variable message signs
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01380100
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-2011-10
• Contract Numbers: 65A0375
• Files: CALTRANS, NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 16 2012 1:44PM