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A series of user surveys was conducted in conjunction with an evaluation of a bus-and-car-pool priority lane on I-95 in Miami. The groups surveyed included (a) express bus passengers, (b) express bus drivers, (c) car poolers, (d) other I-95 motorists, and (e) motorists using the I-95 corridor. Analyses of the survey results indicated that the bus-and-car-pool priority-lane concept was well received by all road-user groups. Despite some concerns about specific operational or physical aspects of the system, no group expressed dissatisfaction with it, and those who were qualified to use the priority lane were strongly supportive. Specific survey findings included the following: (a) more than half of all groups (50 to 94 percent) felt that the priority-lane system should remain in operation, (b) the existence of the priority lane was ranked second in importance among all system features by both bus passengers and car poolers, (c) all groups indicated a high degree of concern over use of the lane by nonqualified motorists, and (d) the existence of the priority lane was well established in the minds of all road-user groups surveyed, but the recognition and understanding of the reserved-lane diamond symbol was low. /Authors/

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Transportation Research Record

57th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Bus priority; Carpools; Data collection; Express buses; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Passengers; Public opinion; Surveys; Traffic lanes; Urban areas

Miami (Florida)

Miami (Florida)

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Society

TRIS, TRB

Sep 15 1979 12:00AM

• ALTERNATIVE OBJECTIVES IN ARTERIAL-TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
• ANALYSIS OF DRIVER RESPONSES TO POINT DIVERSION FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
• APPLICATION OF FREEWAY-CORRIDOR ASSIGNMENT AND CONTROL MODEL
• DERIVATION OF FREEWAY SPEED PROFILES FROM POINT SURVEILLANCE DATA. ABRIDGMENT
• DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT PROCEDURE FOR RECREATING AND ANALYZING TRAFFIC FLOW PATTERNS ON URBAN FREEWAYS
• DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR FRONTAGE-ROAD RAMPS TO CROSS STREETS: URBAN FREEWAY DESIGN
• EVALUATION OF REDUCTION IN MINIMUM OCCUPANCY FOR CAR POLLS THAT USE A PRIORITY FREEWAY LANE
• FIELD EVALUATION OF MESSAGES FOR REAL-TIME DIVERSION OF FREEWAY TRAFFIC FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
• FREEWAY INCIDENT-DETECTION ALGORITHMS BASED ON DECISION TREES WITH STATES
• INCIDENT DETECTION: A BAYESIAN APPROACH
• METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE LOW-COST FREEWAY-INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. ABRIDGMENT
• OPTIMIZATION OF LARGE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS
• PREDICTING EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT MEASURES
• QUEEN ELIZABETH WAY FREEWAY SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEM DEMONSTATION PROJECT
• ROLE OF PARKING IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
• STIMULUS-RESPONSE LANE-CHANGING MODEL AT FREEWAY LANE DROPS. ABRIDGMENT
• TRAFFIC-CONDITION GRADE: EVALUATION OF CONCEPT. ABRIDGMENT