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High Occupancy/Toll System in Northern Virginia Improves Both Travel Time and Travel Time Reliability.

A research group at University of Maryland studied the effects of HOT tolling on the I-66 corridor. The team first gathered a robust mix of data sets such as toll data, probe speed data, and…
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Date Posted
03/20/2021

Gross toll revenue of the I-10 ExpressLanes was $8,918,985 and I-110 ExpressLanes was $18,704,961 in the first 16 months of HOT lane operation.

Findings On the I-110 ExpressLanes, monthly average peak period tolls ranged from $3.31 to $7.63. The monthly maximum toll ranged from $3.95 to $14.55. On the I-10 ExpressLanes, monthly average peak…
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Date Posted
09/29/2017

Deployment of HOT lanes on I-10 and I-110 in Los Angeles was projected to provide transit riders a travel time benefit of $9,186,074 over a 10-year period.

Findings Post-toll travel times for the Silver Line on the I-10 ExpressLanes were 4 percent shorter (<1 minute) in the morning peak period and 14 percent shorter in afternoon peak period (2.6…
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Date Posted
09/29/2017
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) HOV/HOT Lane Management (ST06)

Survey of HOT lane toll transponder holders found deployment of HOT lanes did not change carpooling habits of 66 percent of respondents; 65 percent of respondents who drove alone continued to do so.

Findings In August 2014, Metro conducted a survey of FasTrak customers regarding their satisfaction with the program. The survey included four questions to identify changes and influencing factors…
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Date Posted
09/29/2017

Requiring HOT lane users to be subject to visual inspection systems can help quantify and limit the number of occupancy violators in managed lanes.

It is difficult to know how many occupancy violators are present on HOT lanes; yet, until the problem of the occupancy violator is solved the managed lane concept cannot meet its full potential…
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Date Posted
09/26/2017

The conversion of HOV to HOT lanes in Los Angeles increased vehicle throughput on I-10 and I-110, however, fuel consumption increased at an estimated cost of $104,566,154 with increased VMT.

METHODOLOGY Fuel consumption calculations multiply vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by the appropriate fuel economy for the appropriate speed. The emission factors by speed were prepared using the…
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Date Posted
08/31/2017

The conversion of HOV to HOT lanes in Los Angeles increased vehicle throughput on I-10 and I-110, however, net emissions increased by 26 to 82 percent and by 6 to 21 percent, respectively as VMT increased.

FINDINGS Tolling The ExpressLanes resulted in greater vehicle throughput and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) on I-10 and I-110. Emissions increase with VMT. Net VMT increased by 30.5 percent on I-10…
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Date Posted
08/31/2017