Evaluation of a High Occupancy Vehicle Lane in Central Business District Thessaloniki

Travel Demand Management (TDM) measures, whose primary objective is to alleviate the impacts of traffic and congestion in the urban environment, are nowadays increasingly used to address complex transportation and mobility puzzles. One of the most representative TDM measures is the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane. This paper presents and discusses the results of the hypothetical implementation of an HOV lane in the central business district (CBD) area of Thessaloniki, Greece. The impact evaluation was conducted through traffic simulation modeling techniques and the results are expressed in terms of environmental and traffic indicators. The environmental and energy aspects of the examined HOV lane are the focus of attention of the current study, in an effort to assess their contribution to rising sustainability issues. The HOV lane in Thessaloniki's case study proved to be, in principal, an efficient tool for managing transport demand. Nevertheless, there is a need for further examination of the impacts on the whole network.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1085
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812028212
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/18770428
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Stamos, Iraklis
  • Kitis, George
  • Basbas, Socrates
  • Tzevelekis, Ioannis
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena 2012
  • Location: Athens , Greece
  • Date: 2012-4-23 to 2012-4-26
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1088-1096
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Traffic simulation; Travel demand management
• Geographic Terms: Thessaloniki (Greece)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01490503
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 21 2013 11:31AM