HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES: SOME EVIDENCE ON THEIR RECENT PERFORMANCE

The results of a 1985 survey of HOV lane project performance are presented. Despite the lack of the energy crises that spurred HOV lane promotion during the seventies, HOV lane planning has continued to remain active in a number of states. Most currently, operational mainline HOV lanes were found to be very effective as people movers during commuting rush hours, and to save fuel by removing significant numbers of automobiles from the road through high levels of ridesharing and bus patronage. Bus ridership has managed to compete effectively with carpooling/vanpooling on a number of lanes. Continued traffic growth during the eighties is strengthening the case for HOV lane use in many big city urban corridors.

• Corporate Authors:

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  P. O. Box 2008
  Oak Ridge, TN  United States  37831
• Authors:
  • Southworth, F
  • Westbrook, F
• Publication Date: 1985-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 35 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Carpools; Data collection; High occupancy vehicle lanes; High occupancy vehicles; Peak hour traffic; Performance; Ridesharing; Surveys; Vanpools
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457460
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-860113-2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1986 12:00AM