To What Extent Can High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Reduce Vehicle Trips and Congestion?

2010 ◽  
Vol 2178 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Plotz ◽  
Karthik C. Konduri ◽  
Ram M. Pendyala
Keyword(s):  
High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Modeling Long-Range Transportation and Land Use Scenarios with Citizen-Generated Policies in the Sacramento, California, Region

2005 ◽  
Vol 1902 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Robert A. Johnston ◽  
Shengyi Gao ◽  
Michael J. Clay
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Pricing Policy ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Planning Agency ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Bus Service ◽  
High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

The Sacramento, California, region has been engaged in an innovative long-range visioning process in 2004 and 2005; the regional transportation planning agency is defining and modeling several 50-year growth scenarios. The authors worked with environmental and social equity citizens’ groups to define policies that would reduce emissions, serve lower-income travelers better, and preserve habitats and agricultural lands in the region. The citizens’ groups rejected the new freeways planned for the region as well as the substantial freeway widenings for high-occupancy vehicle lanes. In addition, they defined a more ambitious transit system, involving new bus rapid transit lines and shorter headways for all rail and bus service. This transit-only plan was modeled by itself and along with a land use policy for an urban growth boundary and a pricing policy for higher fuel taxes and parking charges for work trips. A new version of the MEPLAN model was used to simulate these scenarios over 50 years, and findings about total travel, mode shares, congestion, emissions, land use changes, and economic welfare of travelers are described.

Investigating the Impact of Tolls on High-Occupancy-Vehicle Lanes Using Managed Lanes

2009 ◽  
Vol 2099 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark W. Burris ◽  
David H. Ungemah ◽  
Maneesh Mahlawat ◽  
Mandeep Singh Pannu
Keyword(s):  
Managed Lanes ◽  
High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes ◽  
The Impact

Impact of high occupancy vehicle lanes on carpooling behavior

1990 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve Giuliano ◽  
Douglas W. Levine ◽  
Roger F. Teal
Keyword(s):  
High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

scholarly journals The evaluation of high occupancy vehicle lanes on sun yat-sen freeway in taiwan

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-192
Author(s):  
Rong-Chang Jou ◽  
Mei-Chuan Weng ◽  
Chih-Cheng Chen
Keyword(s):  
High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Integrated Transportation and Land Use Policy Analysis for Sacramento, California

2000 ◽  
Vol 1722 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Putman ◽  
Hasnol Zam Zam Ahmad ◽  
Ki-Man Choi ◽  
William P. McCarthy ◽  
Yongmin Yan
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Transportation Policy ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Adjustment Process ◽  
Light Rail ◽  
Forecast Horizon ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Land Use Modeling ◽  
Land Use Models ◽  
High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Several transportation policy scenarios being discussed in the Sacramento, California, region were examined in detail by using an integrated set of transportation and land use models. The scenarios examined included a light-rail transit system, high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, and a highway beltway. These scenarios were compared with a baseline forecast that included built and committed transportation facilities out to the year 2020. The model systems used were the METROPILUS land use modeling system and the MINUTP transportation modeling package currently in use by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. The model packages were linked in such a way as to allow an equilibrium adjustment process to be calculated within each of the 5-year time periods between the 1990 base year and the 2020 forecast horizon. The results of these analyses show small but significant differences in the outcomes of the several scenarios examined. Overall the results are consistent with expectations and illustrate the robust applicability of the method of approach, while at the same time raising some interesting questions as to exactly what issues might be encountered if any attempt were made to implement these scenarios in the region.

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