Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Problem Description
  • 1.3 Research Goal and Objectives
• 2. Literature Review
  • 2.1 California Success
  • 2.2 Vancouver Evaluation
  • 2.3 Seattle System
  • 2.4 Houston System
  • 2.5 Dallas Evaluation
  • 2.6 Oregon System
  • 2.7 Florida Evaluation
  • 2.8 New Jersey Failure
  • 2.9 System Overview
  • 2.10 Overall Performance Summary
• 3. Methodology
  • 3.1 Vehicle Volume
  • 3.2 Average Vehicle Occupancy
  • 3.3 Modal Split
  • 3.4 Person Throughput
  • 3.5 Travel Time
  • 3.6 Speed
  • 3.7 Violation Rate
• 4. Data Collection
  • 4.1 Vehicle Volume
  • 4.2 Average Vehicle Occupancy
  • 4.3 Modal Split
  • 4.4 Person Throughput
  • 4.5 Travel Time
  • 4.6 Speed
  • 4.7 Violation Rate
• 5. Data Analysis and Results
  • 5.1 Vehicle Volume
  • 5.2 Average Vehicle Occupancy
  • 5.3 Modal Split
  • 5.4 Person Throughput
  • 5.5 Travel Time
  • 5.6 Speed
  • 5.7 Violation Rate
• 6. Conclusions
• 7. Recommendations
• References

Review of the Effectiveness of the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes Extension

Review of the Effectiveness of the Extended HOV Lanes

Dr. Peter T. Martin, Associate Professor
Dhruvajyoti Lahon, Research Assistant
Aleksandar Stevanovic, Research Associate

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Utah
122 S. Central Campus Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

October 2005

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