A MANUAL FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITY TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLES: CHIEF EXECUTIVE REPORT

By giving preferential treatment to high occupancy vehicles, local administrators and elected officials can encourage more efficient use of transportation resources by increasing the capacity of urban streets and highways at relatively low cost. The Urban Consortium, acting through Public Technology, Inc. (PTI), has joined with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to evaluate and document priority techniques for high occupancy vehicles. Generally, it has been found that most priority techniques: Help move people more efficiently; are less costly than new and elaborate construction; can be implemented quickly when compared to most other solutions; are easily modified to meet changing conditions; and do not involve irreversible decisions or irrevocable resource commitments.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared for Urban Consortium for Technology Initiatives. Transportation Task Force. Also available in set of 3 reports PC E08, PB-271 622-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  Public Technology, Incorporated

  1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Urban Consortium for Technology Initiatives

  Transportation Task Force, 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hebert, G
• Publication Date: 1977-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 31 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost estimating; Costs; Decision making; Estimates; Highway capacity; Highway traffic control; Implementation; Manuals; Methodology; Mobility; Planning; Routes; Strategic planning; Traffic engineering; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Transportation system management; Urban transportation; Vehicle occupancy; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation management
• Old TRIS Terms: Reserved routes
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167121
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/TST-77-54
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-60076
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 9 1978 12:00AM