Special Use Lanes and Ramps: Challenges to Effective Traffic Monitoring

Special use lanes and major freeway ramps present unique challenges to monitor. The prevalence of special use lanes emerged during the Vehicle Probe Project (VPP) validation data collection in New Jersey in the spring of 2009. Special use lanes include High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV), Local and Express Lanes, High Occupancy - Toll (HOT) lanes, and reversible flow lanes. Likewise, measuring delay on interchange ramps is becoming increasingly critical to order to maintain an accurate overly picture of traffic flow. The objective off this project is to characterize the challenges of accurately monitoring these facilities, review the VPP data as it provides tools in these areas, and provide guidance to Coalition members on best practice for traffic monitoring on such facilities.

• Record URL:
  http://www.i95coalition.org/i95/Projects/ProjectDatabase/tabid/120/agentType/View/PropertyID/327/Default.aspx
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Intelligent Transportation Systems, I-95 Corridor Coalition

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $22500.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  I-95 Corridor Coalition

  1390 Piccard Drive, Suite 200
  Rockville, MD  United States  20850
• Project Managers:

  Schoener, George

• Performing Organizations:

  Maryland State Highway Administration

  707 N Calvert Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202
• Principal Investigators:

  Stoeckert, Bill

• Start Date: 20100201
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 31631

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High occupancy toll lanes; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Ramps (Interchanges); Reversible traffic lanes; Traffic flow; Traffic surveillance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495011
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Oct 7 2013 1:00AM