REGIONAL PLAN OF PREFERENTIAL FACILITIES FOR HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLES

Research and planning were undertaken to identify opportunities and potential demand for the development of preferential facilities for high-occupancy vehicles in Southern California. Preferential facilities include normal or contraflow preferential lanes on existing freeways; exclusive curb, median, contraflow, or reversible lanes on arterials; freeway ramp metering; and associated park-and-ride sites. The treatments were evaluated according to time and cost savings for bus and car-pool users; service deterioration of vehicles with low occupancy; highway agency benefits of capacity improvements and added costs; transit operator patronage, reliability benefits, and increased costs; and community benefits in vehicle mile (vehicle kilometer) and person-minute reductions. Additional objectives were to prepare a comprehensive plan and to supply guidelines for design implementation. A short-range demand forecasting procedure is described, focusing on travel market segmentation and time savings estimates. Results of an impact measurement procedure for a detailed preferential treatment are shown to support recommendations for pilot implementation of a total plan covering 28 service areas, 16 preferential lane treatments, and 485 additional buses.

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• Authors:
  • Brothers, Bryant T
  • Benson, Daniel E
  • Sheppard, William V
• Conference:
  • 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia
  • Date: 1975-1-13 to 1975-1-17
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-12
• Monograph Title: Regional Bus Transportation
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 546
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Bus transportation; Carpools; Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Contraflow lanes; Demand; Facilities; Implementation; Interchange ramps; Median lanes; Operating costs; Park and ride; Public transit; Ramp metering; Reversible traffic lanes; Road construction; Traffic lanes; Transportation corridors; Travel time; Urban transportation; Vehicle occupancy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mileage
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway ramps; Outer lane; Payloads /highway construction/
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129343
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030902451X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 21 1981 12:00AM