High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes and Hybrid Vehicles

This paper describes the use of high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes by inherently low-emission vehicles (ILEVs) and hybrid vehicles. On the basis of the provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, at least 10 states approved legislation allowing ILEVs to use HOV lanes without meeting the vehicle-occupancy requirements. The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) allows states also to exempt qualifying hybrid vehicles from vehicle-occupancy requirements. Since the passage of SAFETEA-LU, FHWA has granted conditional approvals to Arizona, California, and New York for hybrid use of some or all HOV lanes in those states. Contrary to federal legislation, hybrid vehicles have been allowed to access HOV lanes in Virginia since 2000. As described in this paper, few ILEVs are in operation, and thus use of HOV lanes by ILEVs is minimal. On the basis of the experience in Virginia, California, and New York, however, owners of hybrid vehicles are using HOV lanes in those states.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2012-14
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• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=High-Occupancy+Vehicle+Lanes+and+Hybrid+Vehicles&author=K.+Turnbull&publication_year=2007
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Turnbull, Katherine F
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 121-126
• Monograph Title: Freeway Operations and High-Occupancy Vehicle Systems 2007
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2012
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Decision making; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Hybrid vehicles; Vehicle occupancy
• Identifier Terms: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users; Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
• Uncontrolled Terms: Low emission vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Arizona; California; New York (State); Virginia
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01049624
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309104388
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 21 2007 1:18PM