TORONTO ARTERIAL HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES: EFFECTIVENESS, OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT

A true assessment of the HOV lanes performance rests with how well their efficiency measures compare to the goals of the system. It can be concluded that the Metropolitan Toronto HOV lanes are effective based on the following observations relating to 3 of the 5 objectives: (1) Move more people in a lane at a faster pace; (2) Improve transit operation and motivate increased ridership; (3) Increase vehicle occupancy by promoting carpooling; (4) and (5) Reduction of fuel consumption and vehicular emissions resulting from HOV implementation. Monitoring measures were inconclusive, however, modelling results suggest that it is unlikely that these objectives have been met through HOV implementation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Bacquie, R
  • Bahar, G B
• Conference:
  • Compendium of Technical Papers for the 66th ITE Annual Meeting
  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Date: 1996-9-15 to 1996-9-18
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 104-109

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Car pooling (Railroads); High occupancy vehicle lanes; Ridership
• Uncontrolled Terms: Enforcement
• Geographic Terms: Toronto (Canada)
• Old TRIS Terms: Carpooling
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00732174
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 24 1997 12:00AM