Title:
7TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE SYSTEMS - PART 1 - PLENARY SESSIONS. DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, AND OPERATING AN HOV PROGRAM FOR THE LOS ANGELES AREA
Abstract:
The development of the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) system in Los Angeles began in the early 1970s with the opening of the El Monte Busway. The failure of the Santa Monica Diamond Lane project, which converted an existing general purpose lane into an HOV lane, probably set HOV lane development in Los Angeles back ten years. Major highlights from a video on the HOV system in Los Angeles are summarized here. Concluding comments address the characteristics of the current HOV lanes in Los Angeles County, other elements involved in providing an integrated transportation system, the coordinated approach to development of this system, and challenges currently being faced by Los Angeles as it develops and operates the HOV system.
Supplemental Notes:
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