GUARANTEED RIDE HOME: AN INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR HOV USERS

The purpose of this paper is to describe a demonstration program that has been successful in increasing high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) use among a small group of program participants. The Guaranteed Ride Home program, developed by the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, reimburses eligible HOV users for a fixed number of miles of travel to or from work using taxis. The 6-month demonstration project was tested in two distinct areas of Bellevue, Washington, a suburban activity center, starting in September 1987. The objectives of the initial phase were to assess interest in the program, test program procedures for efficient operation, and determine if the program increased HOV use. Major findings of the first phase of the evaluation were that (a) registrants increased their HOV use by 12 percent, (b) 69 percent of the registrants felt the program was important in their decision to continue to rideshare, (c) participants saved their mileage allotment for unanticipated emergency use, and (d) the program was relatively inexpensive to operate.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1212, Ridesharing--Transportation Demand Management. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Elder, L
  • Elder, Laurie
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 72-75
• Monograph Title: Ridesharing: transportation demand management
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1212
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Demonstration projects; Evaluation; High occupancy vehicles; Measures of effectiveness; Promotion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Geographic Terms: Seattle (Washington)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00492044
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309048109
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM