Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Literature Review
  • 2.1 Review of Other Evaluations
    • 2.1.1 Houston System
    • 2.1.2 Oregon Evaluation
    • 2.1.3 New Jersey Failure
    • 2.1.4 Virginia Success
    • 2.1.5 California Evaluation
    • 2.1.6 Seattle HOV Evaluation
    • 2.1.7 Performance Summary
  • 2.2 Review of Other Agencies' Educational Programs
    • 2.2.1 Marketing HOV Lane in Long Island
    • 2.2.2 Gaining Public Acceptance in Tennessee
    • 2.2.3 Marketing in New Jersey
    • 2.2.4 Marketing Features and Benefits of Carpool Lanes
• 3. Methodology and Data Collection
  • 3.1 Purpose of Evaluation
  • 3.2 Data Collection
    • 3.2.1 Location of Data Collection
• 4. HOV Lane Utilization
  • 4.1 GP Lanes vs. HOV Lanes 24-hour Volume Profile
  • 4.2 GP Lanes vs. HOV Lanes Mode Split
  • 4.3 GP Lanes vs. HOV Lanes Throughput
  • 4.4 HOV Lane Usage During the 2002 Winter Olympic Games
• 5. Trip Reliability and Travel Time Savings
  • 5.1 Corridor-wide Operational Performance
    • 5.1.1 Travel Speed
    • 5.1.2 Trip Reliability
  • 5.2 Site-Specific Operational Performance
• 6. Violations
• 7. Average Vehicle Occupancy
• 8. Conclusions and Recommendations
  • 8.1 Conclusions
  • 8.2 Considerations/Recommendations
• References
• Appendix

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Peter T. Martin, Associate Professor
Joseph Perrin, Research Assistant Professor
Pen Wu and Rob Lambert, Research Assistants
University of Utah

May 2004

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