GUIDELINES FOR ESTIMATING THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES. INTERIM REPORT

District offices of the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation have sponsored research into high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane cost effectiveness in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Many of these projects have utilized the freeway operations simulation capabilities of the FREQ7 computer model as a tool to assist in the cost effectiveness assessment. This report documents the process used to derive guidelines for estimation of HOV lane project benefit/cost ratios. An extensive radial freeway FREQ7 model data base was combined with an economic analysis of benefits and costs for barrier-separated HOV lane facilities. The data are intended to provide information to highway and transit planners concerning the potential viability of HOV lanes. The guidelines developed offer a means of initially screening freeways to determine whether more detailed and costly HOV feasibility studies are warranted.

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lomax, T J
  • Morris, D E
• Publication Date: 1985-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 67 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Estimating; Freeway operations; Guidelines; High occupancy vehicle lanes; High occupancy vehicles; Simulation; Traffic lanes
• Old TRIS Terms: Reserved lanes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457533
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-86/42+339-5
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:44PM