IMPACTS AND LESSONS FROM VALUE PRICING THE CALIFORNIA STATE ROUTE 91 EXPRESS LANES

From experience to date, value pricing and high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes are politically acceptable forms of congestion-related pricing. The essential feature of these projects which have been successfully implemented is to offer substantially improved levels of service on an optional basis to travelers willing to pay tolls to bypass congestion. In all of these projects, the benefits to those choosing to pay are both visible and immediate. A final important aspect is that the projects are perceived as producing some ancillary benefits to travelers who elect not to purchase the new premium services. This paper describes in detail the first U.S. project employing value pricing, the California State Route 91 Express Lanes, which entered service in December 1995. The principal findings from a three year project impact assessment study are presented

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1998 Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington DC
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• Authors:
  • Sullivan, Edward C
• Conference:
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers. Meeting (68th : 1998 : Toronto Ont.). Annual meeting papers [CD-ROM]
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 14 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Road pricing; Toll roads
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783126
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 16 2000 12:00AM