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Title:

High-Occupancy Toll Lane Innovations: I-394 MnPASS

Accession Number:

01025703

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) is implementing the state's first optional toll lane project called the I-394 MnPASS in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. This project, which opened in May 2005, converts the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on I-394 into high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes allowing solo drivers the opportunity to pay an electronic fee to bypass congestion. The lanes remain open to HOV use at no charge including transit riders, car pools and motorcyclists. I-394 MnPASS is the first tolling project which prices use on a facility directly adjacent to general purpose lanes separated only by a double-white stripe buffer. Several additional innovations have been introduced to reduce project development time and costs, to improve operations, and to enhance enforcement. HOT lanes are increasingly being evaluated around the United States as a means to better manage underused HOV lanes. While the HOT lane concept preserves the priority and capacity of these designated facilities for transit and carpools, it also may improve efficiency and enhance mobility in corridors by pricing currently unused capacity. Through the use of dynamic pricing a premium level of service is maintained for all by setting the price at a rate to ensure free flow. Travel in adjacent general purpose lanes may also improve because paying vehicles are no longer in those lanes. Innovations being introduced on the I-394 MnPASS lanes project may assist in the development of other road pricing projects as this concept matures and is refined.

Monograph Accession #:

01020180

Report/Paper Numbers:

06-1265

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Buckeye, Kenneth

Pagination:

18p

Publication Date:

2006

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (6) ; References (4) ; Tables (1)

Geographic Terms:

Minnesota

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society; I73: Traffic Control

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-1265

Files:

BTRIS, TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 3 2006 10:38AM