PRIORITY TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLES: STATE-OF-THE-ART OVERVIEW

The report, part of a series of publications based on research and development efforts is a concise state-of-the-art overview of priority techniques for high occupancy vehicles (buses, carpools, and vanpools). The report identifies and summarizes selected characteristics of 17 freeway-related and 37 arterial-city street priority techniques. The document also provides a perspective on planning and implementation guidelines, and legal, financial, and institutional considerations associated with priority techniques. Supplementary material includes a listing of current sources of information, a directory of referenced transit authorities, operating agencies, and governmental units, and a glossary of terms used.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Publication Date: 1975-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 108 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Bus priority; Buses; Carpools; Coordination; Finance; Freeways; Guidelines; Highway traffic control; Implementation; Legal factors; Planning; Streets; Traffic control; Trucks; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Vanpools; Vehicle occupancy
• Old TRIS Terms: Financial requirements
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151213
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-OST-76-65
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1981 12:00AM