| Title | Assessing Feasibility of Priority Operations on Highways |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 49028 |
| Personal Name Creator |
O'Mathuna, Diarmuid; Haim, David |
| Source | 82p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publisher | United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary |
| Publication Date | 19730501 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This study was carried out as part of the BALANCE bus-priority-system evaluation. The objective of this study was to estimate the improvement in freeway passenger flow resulting from the reservation of priority lanes for buses and carpools. These estimates are based on the given conditions of the freeway before reservation, including observed speed-flow characteristics, auto- and bus-flow rates, auto-occupancy characteristics, bus-to-auto ratio, and total number of freeway lanes in one direction. The numerical results show the effects of the policy variables (number oflanes reserved and minimum carpool occupancy) on the passenger flow. An appendix includes an improved mathematical expression for the empirical speed-flow relationship. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10510 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10510 |
| TRT Terms | Bus transit operations; Bus priority; Traffic flow; Freeway management systems; Carpools; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Bus lanes |
| Classification | NTL - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS; NTL - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS - Traffic Flow; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Bus Transportation; NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Report Number | DOT-TSC-OST-73-08 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49000/49028/DOT-TSC-OST-73-08.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |