TSM PROJECT VIOLATION RATES: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report summarizes the conclusions of a study designed to evaluate and measure the impacts of different enforcement levels and strategies, engineering features, and public education programs on the compliance with restrictions associated with bus and carpool lanes and freeway ramp metering. The report finds people who use restricted lanes illegally have a more negative perception of lane restrictions than drivers who comply with them. Drivers are significantly more aware of in-place, in-view enforcement than of enforcement requiring ticketing on freeway shoulders. There was no evidence found that public education or information programs had any significant effect on violation rates.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB82-242330. Sponsored in part by California State Department of Transportation, Sacramento, and California Highway Patrol, Sacramento.
• Corporate Authors:

  SYSTAN, Incorporated

  343 Second Street, P.O. Box U
  Los Altos, CA  United States  94022

  California Highway Patrol

  Planning and Analysis Division, P.O. Box 942898
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94298-0001

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Billheimer, J W
  • Trexler, R
  • McNally, J
• Publication Date: 1981-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 53 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Bus priority; Carpools; Evaluation; Freeways; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Highway traffic control; Impact studies; Interchange ramps; Law enforcement; Ramp metering; Traffic engineering; Traffic lanes; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic safety; Traffic violations; Transportation system management
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway ramps; Reserved lanes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00365397
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-I-82-9 Final Rpt., HS-037 216
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1985 12:00AM