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Title: ROLE OF HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE FACILITIES IN A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Accession Number: 00625694
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) treatments are distinguished by their potential to serve demand management objectives while simultaneously increasing the productivity of existing highway facilities in terms of peak-period person-movement. In cities such as Boston, where rapid transit and commuter rail radial lines are used extensively, HOV facilities still may play a significant role in attracting markets that are not served by the rail system. A renewed interest in HOV options has emerged in the Boston area as an outgrowth of planning for the Central Artery-Third Harbor Tunnel. Environmentalists look to expansion of the project's HOV facilities at the regional level as a means of demand management, in the sense of reducing the potential growth in vehicular traffic attendant with a major increase in highway capacity. However, analysis of potential HOV lanes on the radial highways serving Boston indicates that frequently there are trade-offs with respect to mobility and demand management objectives. Moreover, forecasts show that person-movement capacity could be maximized in some cases with non-HOV transportation systems management measures. Right-of-way considerations also are critical in densely developed radial corridors, due to the immediate proximity of homes, commercial development, and, in some cases, environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands. Because a variety of demand management measures can work for travel to and from the downtown area in Boston, HOV concepts should be evaluated as a component of an integrated regional strategy that optimizes the balance between mobility and demand management objectives.
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: Laube, Melissa MPagination: p. 143-149
Publication Date: 1992
Serial: ISBN: 0309052238
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 6 1993 12:00AM
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