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https://doi.org/10.3141/1554-15

http://scholar.google.com...Lynn&publication_year=1996

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 mandated that motorcycles be permitted to travel on federally funded high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) facilities unless they created a safety hazard or adversely affected HOV operations. Although motorcycles had previously been banned from traveling on Virginia's HOV lanes, the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) authorized motorcycle travel on HOV facilities in Virginia as of September 21, 1992, for a 2-year trial period. Study of that 2-year trial period found that motorcycles account for as much as 3% of the annual peak traffic volume on some HOV lanes. However, in the 2 years after the CTB authorized their travel on HOV facilities, there were only five motorcycle crashes on HOV lanes in the peak direction during hours that HOV restrictions were in effect. The study concludes that there is no evidence that allowing motorcycles to travel on HOV lanes in Virginia has an adverse impact on motorcycle safety or congestion on HOV lanes.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1554, Advanced Traffic Management Systems and High-Occupancy-Vehicle Systems.

English

p. 121-127

1996

Transportation Research Record

030905950X

References (8) ; Tables (7)

High occupancy vehicle lanes; Motorcycle crashes; Motorcycles; Motorcycling; Traffic congestion; Vehicle mix; Vehicle safety

Motorcycle safety

Virginia

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I81: Accident Statistics

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