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Title: HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS OF SELECTED HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE PROJECTS
Accession Number: 00625693
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities are one technique being used in many metropolitan areas to address mobility, traffic congestion, and air quality concerns. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, and initiatives at the state and local levels all indicate that HOV facilities will play an even more important role in the future. Providing a better understanding of the characteristics and institutional arrangements that have resulted in the development and operation of successful HOV lane projects can benefit areas initiating the planning and development process, as well as those with projects already in operation. The history and institutional arrangements associated with the development of HOV projects in six case study sites were examined as part of the Assessment of Freeway High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane Projects funded by the Federal Transit Administration through the Texas Department of Transportation. Many similarities were identified in the decision-making and implementation processes; they appear to have assisted in the development of successful HOV projects. Common elements in the decision-making process included significant levels of congestion and projected growth in travel demand, the lack of an adopted fixed-guideway transit plan, planned or scheduled highway improvements, a project champion or champions in positions of authority, and legislative direction and agency policy support. Elements common to the implementation process in the six case study locations included a primary lead agency, interagency cooperation, joint funding, flexibility, adaptability, and support from federal agencies.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1360, Traffic Operations. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01405038
Language: English
Authors: Turnbull, Katherine FChristiansen, Dennis LPagination: p. 138-142
Publication Date: 1992
Serial: ISBN: 0309052238
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; History; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Research; Society; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 6 1993 12:00AM
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