Determining the Effectiveness of HOV Lanes

This report describes the findings of a two-year investigation studying the effectiveness of high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in California. The investigation involved a comprehensive literature review, a detailed examination of historical and current field data, the updating of air quality models, and the modeling of alternative design and operating options in Northern and Southern California. The primary objectives of the study were to evaluate freeways having on-freeway HOV lanes in terms of vehicle-travel, person-travel, occupancy distribution, shape and duration of the peak period, congestion patterns, and air quality both in the HOV lane and the adjacent mixed-flow lanes.

• Record URL:
  https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5x63p24/2/producer%2FPRR-2007-17.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1720

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814
• Authors:
  • May, Adolf D
  • Leiman, Lannon
  • Billheimer, John W
• Publication Date: 2007-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Evaluation; Exhaust gases; Freeways; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Policy; Pollutants; Simulation; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic delays; Traffic diversion; Traffic flow; Traffic models; Travel demand management; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01091155
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-2007-17
• Contract Numbers: TO 5326/6326
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 2008 8:06AM