EVALUATION TOOLS FOR HOV LANE PERFORMANCE MONITORING

This report describes the evaluation approach and the process for acquiring data, performing analysis, and presenting output with a new analytical tool set for measuring high occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility usage and performance in the central Puget Sound region. Specifically, the tool set includes the programs CDR (Compact disc Data Retrieval), CDR Auto, CDR Analyst, and associated utilities designed to produce graphical output. A description of the available analysis tools is provided. Because data collection and analysis procedures for many of the existing measures, such as average car occupancy (ACO), speed, and travel time (using Baseline and HOVTT methods), as well as HOV violations and a public opinion survey, were documented extensively in the previous HOV evaluation and monitoring reports, they are not covered in this report. For related information, please refer to the previous documents, as well as to the project's Web site at <http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/atb/atb/hov/Titlepg.html>. For performance results of the HOV facility, please refer to the annual HOV lane performance monitoring report.

• Record URL:
  http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/473.2.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Transportation Center

  University of Washington, 1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 535
  Seattle, WA  United States  98105

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue SE, P.O. Box 47300
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504-7300

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Nee, J
  • Ishimaru, J
  • Hallenbeck, M E
• Publication Date: 1999-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 54 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer graphics; Computer programs; Data collection; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Monitoring; Performance
• Geographic Terms: Puget Sound Region; Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00778839
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: WA-RD 473.2,, Technical Report
• Contract Numbers: T9903, Task 82
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 3 1999 12:00AM