HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE FACILITIES: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUEL SAVINGS POTENTIAL

This paper focuses on four geographic areas, and the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities and rideshare programs found there: Los Angeles/Orange County, specifically Routes 10 (also known as the San Bernadino freeway), 91 and 55; Seattle, Washington, mainly I-5; Houston, Texas, notably the Katy, North, Northwest and Gulf transitways; and the Shirley Highway and Route I-66 of Washington, D.C.'s Virginia suburbs. In order to place the discussion of fuel saving in context, a brief account of conditions which favor the implementation of HOV facilities and a review of some commonly held beliefs about HOV lanes and rideshare programs is provided. Following the discussion of fuel savings, the policy implications of these findings are discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

  2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 202
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94704
• Authors:
  • Burke, M C
• Publication Date: 1989-9

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fuel conservation; High occupancy vehicles; Public passenger vehicles; Ridesharing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transit vehicles
• Geographic Terms: California; Virginia; Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00617936
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1991 12:00AM