District 8 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Facility Performance Analysis

As the data regarding high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane performance have continued to accumulate in the past couple of decades, understanding of the impact of HOV lane operation has also continued to improve. Evidences and experiences have confirmed the benefits of HOV lanes in many ways. A proper design and operation of HOV lanes will ensure that: 1) the capacity of the freeway systems is used efficiently, minimizing the economic losses due to travel delay, 2) traveling in these lanes is safe and accountable, preventing the economic losses due to injuries, fatalities, as well as property damages, and 3) the environment and public health are protected, reducing air pollution from travel. The outcome of this project is to provide the Caltrans with adequate operational data and analysis on pros and cons of different types of HOV facilities.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $209612.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843
• Project Managers:

  Nguyen, Tam

• Performing Organizations:

  University of California, Riverside

  Center for Environmental Research and Technology
  900 University Avenue
  Riverside, CA  United States  92521-0425
• Principal Investigators:

  Boriboonsomsin, Kanok

• Start Date: 20081201
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20111130
• Source Data: RiP Project 22754

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injuries; Fatalities; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Highway capacity; Highway design; Traffic delays
• Uncontrolled Terms: Travel lanes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01466270
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:13PM