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12th International HOV Systems Conference:

Improving Mobility and Accessibility with Managed Lanes, Pricing, and BRT

Conference Proceedings

April 18-20, 2005
Houston, Texas

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1. Report No. FHWA-HOP-06-002		2. Government Accession No.	3. Recipient's Catalog No.
4. Title and Subtitle 12th International HOV Systems Conference: Improving Mobility and Accessibility with Managed Lanes, Pricing, and BRT - Conference Proceedings			5. Report Date September 2005
			6. Performing Organization Code
7. Author(s) Katherine F. Turnbull			8. Performing Organization Report No. Report
9. Performing Organization Name and Address Texas Transportation Institute The Texas A&M University System College Station, TX 77843-3135 Prime Contractor: Battele 505 King Ave. Columbus, OH 43201-2693			10. Work Unit No.
			11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-01-C-00182 Task No. BA82026
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Operations Office of Travel Management Federal Highway Administration 400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590			13. Type of Report and Period Covered Technical
			14. Sponsoring Agency Code FHWA-HOTO-01
15. Supplementary Notes Jessie Yung, FHWA Office of Transportation Operations, Office of Transportation Management, Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR)
16. Abstract This report documents the proceedings of the 12th International HOV Systems Conference: Improving Mobility and Accessibility with Managed Lanes, Pricing, and BRT. The Conference was held in Houston, Texas on April 18-20, 2005. The proceedings summarize the presentations from the plenary sessions and the breakout sessions. The plenary sessions included presentations on the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) system in the Houston area, updates on national activities, and future trends in managing mobility. The luncheon speakers addressed new financing options in Texas and tips for working with the business community. A variety of topics were covered in the breakout sessions. Updates were provided on HOV facilities in North America, high-occupancy toll (HOT) and value pricing projects, and managed lanes. Information on public perceptions, regional and statewide planning projects, toll collection technology, financing and deployment approaches, and designing and operating projects for multiple user groups was presented.
17. Key Words HOV, High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, High-Occupancy Toll Lanes, HOT, Value Pricing, Managed Lanes, BRT, Bus Rapid Transit.		18. Distribution Statement No restrictions. This document is available to the public through NTIS: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, Virginia 22161
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12^th International HOV Systems Conference
Improving Mobility and Accessibility with Managed Lanes, Pricing, and BRT

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• April 18-20, 2005
• Doubletree Hotel Downtown
• Houston, Texas
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• Sponsored by
• Transportation Research Board
• National Research Council
• High-Occupancy Vehicle Systems Committee
• Transportation Demand Committee
• Freeway Operations Committee
• Bus Transit Systems Committee
• Joint Subcommittee on Pricing
• Managed Lanes Joint Subcommittee
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• In cooperation with
• Texas Department of Transportation
• Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
• Harris County Toll Road Authority
• Houston-Galveston Area Council
• and
• Federal Highway Administration
• U.S. Department of Transportation

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• Conference Proceedings
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• Editor
• Katherine F. Turnbull
• Texas Transportation Institute
• The Texas A&M University System
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• Typing, Graphics, and Editorial Assistance
• Bonnie Duke
• Gary Lobaugh
• Texas Transportation Institute
• The Texas A&M University System

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The preparation of these proceedings was funded by the
Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation

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Table of Contents

• OPENING SESSION - MANAGING MOBILITY IN HOUSTON
  • Welcome - That was Then/This is Now - Changes Since the 1987 HOV Conference in Houston, Katherine F. Turnbull
  • Managing Mobility in Houston - State Department of Transportation Perspective, Gary Trietsch
  • Managing Mobility in Houston - Transit Perspective, John Sedlak
  • Managing Mobility in Houston - Toll Authority Perspective, Mike Strech
• LUNCHEON SESSION
  • New Financing Options in Texas, John W. Johnson
• BREAKOUT SESSION - OPERATION UPDATES
  • I-95 HOV System-Wide Operations Study
  • High-Occupancy Vehicles Hours of Operation Pilot Project
  • Safety Considerations in the Development of HOV Facilities and Managed Lanes in Houston
• BREAKOUT SESSION - REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE HOV, HOT, AND VALUE PRICING PLANS
  • The First Step: Utah Statewide Managed Lanes Study
  • Strategic Implementation Plan for the Atlanta Region
  • Recent Research on Managed Lanes: A Report from Texas
• BREAKOUT SESSION - PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ABOUT HOV, HOT, BRT, AND MANAGED LANES
  • A Comparison of Houston HOV Lane Users and Non-Users
  • I-5 North Coast Managed Lanes Community Outreach Program
  • Public Perceptions on Tolling in Texas
• BREAKOUT SESSION - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND MANAGED LANES USERS
  • Do HOT Lanes Service Women's Travel Needs?
  • Beyond Lexus Lanes: Addressing the Equity Implications of HOT Lanes
  • Results of HOV Lane Attitude Surveys in Southern California
• BREAKOUT SESSION - HOV AND TOLL FORECASTING - WHAT'S IN THE BLACK BOX?
  • Traffic and Revenue Analysis: I-10 Managed Lanes in Houston and I-635 Managed Lanes in Dallas
  • Evaluating Pricing Strategies for Managed Lanes
  • Development of a Toll Revenue Estimating Tool
• BREAKOUT SESSION - MORE ON HOV, HOT, AND MANAGED LANES IN TEXAS
  • Managed Lanes on I-10 West and Other Houston Projects
  • Update on HOV Lanes in the Dallas Area
  • Houston METRO HOV Traffic Control Devices - Inventory Management System
• BREAKOUT SESSION - BUSES, BRT, HOV, AND MANAGED LANES
  • The Lincoln Tunnel Exclusive Bus Lane: The Nation's Most Productive Managed Lane
  • The Evolution of Houston's Express Bus System
  • Bus Rapid Transit Studies in the State of Maryland
  • Virtual Exclusive Busways (VEBs)
• BREAKOUT SESSION - PLANNING⁄MODELING FOR MULTIPLE USER GROUPS
  • Managed Lanes Modeling Process
  • Estimating the Benefits from BRT/Managed Lane Alternatives Using SMITE-ML 2.0
  • Management of Special Use Lanes: SUL Model Development and Analysis
  • Coding BRT, Park-and-Ride Lots and Transit in the Context of a Dynamic and Interactive Regional Traffic Model at the Atlanta Regional Commission
• BREAKOUT SESSION - UPDATES ON DIFFERENT USER GROUPS
  • A Systems Approach for a Metropolitan HOT Network: The Case of Atlanta
  • Role of Managed Lanes in Disaster Management
  • ILEVs, Hybrids, and HOVs
• BREAKOUT SESSION - DON'T FORGET TDM AND SUPPORT ELEMENTS
  • Integrating Ridesharing Promotion and Incentives into HOV Lane Projects: Current Experience and Future Needs
  • An Analysis of Casual Carpool Passenger Behavior in Houston
  • Reservation-Based ITS Systems: Real-Time Variable Congestion Pricing on the Proposed I-75 HOV/BRT Facility
• BREAKOUT SESSION - TOLL TECHNOLOGY - WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHAT'S COMING
  • Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority Transition to eGO
  • Forecasting and Policy Dimensions of ETC Systems Adoption
• BREAKOUT SESSION - WHAT'S THE NEWS ACROSS THE NATION?
  • Maryland's Express Toll Lanes - An Alternative to Gridlock
  • MnPASS - Minnesota's I-394 HOT Lane Project
  • Seattle's SR 167 Pilot Project
• LUNCHEON SESSION
  • Working with the Business Community, John Breeding
• BREAKOUT SESSION - HOVS AND HOT AND MANAGED LANES
  • Is Occupancy Important
  • The Potential for HOT Lanes in the New York Region
  • BRT/HOT Lanes - Something Everyone Can Support
• BREAKOUT SESSION - DEPLOYMENT APPROACHES - MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN
  • Xpress Lanes: Florida's Turnpike Enterprise Strategic Initiative to Managing Congestion
  • MnPASS System Study 96
  • Implementing Road Pricing - European and North American Models
• BREAKOUT SESSION - ENFORCEMENT FOR MULTIPLE USER GROUPS
  • Automated Occupancy Monitoring Systems for HOV/HOT Monitoring and Enforcement
  • Enforcement of Managed Lanes with HOV Preference
  • Enforcement on the 91 Express Lanes and I-394 MnPASS
• BREAKOUT SESSION - MONITORING, EVALUATING, AND REPORTING FOR MULTIPLE USER GROUPS
  • Using Real-Time Data to Evaluate HOV and General-Purpose Lanes
  • Monitoring and Reporting on HOV Lanes in the Puget Sound Region
  • Eleven Things You Should Know about the Carpool Lanes in Los Angeles County
  • What Information Does the Press and Public Want?
• BREAKOUT SESSION - BUSES, BRT, HOV, AND HOT PROJECTS
  • I-75 HOV/BRT Study in Atlanta
  • Bus Rapid Transit in Las Vegas
  • Integrating HOT Lanes and BRT in the I-394 MnPASS Corridor
• BREAKOUT SESSION - DESIGNING FOR MULTIPLE USER GROUPS
  • Managed Lanes in San Diego - Trade-Offs in Designing a Multi-Modal Facility
  • Traffic Control Devices for Managed Lanes
  • Design and Operations Associated with Single Lane Directional Managed Lanes
  • Managed Lane Ramp Design Issues
• GENERAL SESSION - FUTURE TRENDS IN MANAGING MOBILITY
  • Public Perceptions in Remarkable Times: Tracking Change Through 24 Years of Houston Surveys
    • Stephen Klineberg
  • Round Table Discussion and Open Forum
    • Chuck Fuhs, Parsons Brinckerhoff
    • Dan Beal, American Automobile Association
    • Alan Clelland, Sieman, ITS
    • Katharine Nees, Carter & Burgess
    • Adeel Lari, University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Transportation
• APPENDIX A - LIST OF ATTENDEES

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