A DESCRIPTION OF HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE FACILITIES IN NORTH AMERICA

This report presents a description of existing high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities in operation either on freeways or in separate rights-of-way in North America. Up-to-date information is provided on the design, operations, enforcement characteristics, and current utilization rates for 40 HOV facilities in 20 metropolitan areas. The report includes general descriptions of each facility, maps showing the location of each facility, representative cross-sections and a series of tables containing detailed information on each project. Over the last 20 years a variety of priority measures for HOVs have been implemented throughout North America. While often differing in design and operation, HOV facilities are intended to help maximize the person-carrying capacity of the roadway. This is done by altering the design and/or the operation of the facility in order to provide priority treatment for HOVs. HOVs are defined as buses, vanpools, and carpools. A primary concept behind these priority facilities is to provide HOVs with both travel time savings and more predictable travel times. These two benefits serve as incentives for individuals to choose a higher occupancy mode. This in turn, can increase the person-movement capacity of the roadway by carrying more people in fewer vehicles.

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/hostedpdfs/tti/925-1.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84738
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research study title: An Assessment of Freeway High Occupancy Vehicle Projects.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Turnbull, K F
  • Hanks Jr, J W
• Publication Date: 1990-7

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 102 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Bus transportation; Busways; Carpools; Design; Guideways; High occupancy vehicle lanes; High occupancy vehicles; Incentives; Operations; Traffic lanes; Traffic law enforcement; Utilization; Vanpools
• Old TRIS Terms: Reserved lanes
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Terminals and Facilities; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00603211
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA/TX-90/925-1, Tech Rept 925-1, TTI: 2-11-89/1-925-1
• Contract Numbers: Study 2-11-89/925-1
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1991 12:00AM