Location Name
Puget Sound
State
Country
Geo Type
Latitude
47.94
Longitude
-122.53
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Variable Pricing Systems worldwide indicate an increase in transit use and improved travel times and speeds system wide (priced lanes and general purpose lanes).
FINDINGSConversion of HOV lanes to HOT lanesEarly evaluations in San Diego (I-15 FasTrak) and Houston (US-290 and I-10 QuickRide) indicated that HOV to HOT conversions can increase lane use by 21 to…
Content type
Date Posted
11/30/2011
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Parking Electronic Payment (PM03),
Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09),
Road Use Charging (TM11),
Electronic Toll Collection (TM10)
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In Puget Sound, variable tolling on SR-167 made more efficient use of carpool lanes without delaying buses; average speeds in general purpose lanes increased by 21 percent while average speeds in HOT lanes increased by 6 percent.
FINDINGS
Performance analysis measured average peak period traffic conditions from May to November 2009, and the findings were compared to the same period in 2007. The following results were…
Content type
Date Posted
05/25/2010
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09),
Road Use Charging (TM11),
Electronic Toll Collection (TM10)
Geolocation links
In Puget Sound, planners estimated that the conversion of HOV to HOT on a nine mile section of SR-167 would allow 13 percent more vehicles to travel the SR-167 corridor daily, and increase use of HOV/HOT lanes by 38 percent.
PROJECT FINDINGS
HOT Lanes on SR 167 in the Puget Sound Region, Washington
In Puget Sound, a HOV to HOT conversion project was implemented on a nine mile section of SR-167 that extended from 15th…
Content type
Date Posted
02/25/2010
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (TM09),
Road Use Charging (TM11),
Electronic Toll Collection (TM10)
Geolocation links
In the Puget Sound region of Washington State, a fare payment integration system that used joint passes to allow base fares to be transferred between agencies increased the percentage of riders that made transfers.
The Puget Sound region of Washington State was one of the 12 agencies that responded to the second stage survey on fare payment integration practices and was selected for case study evaluation. The…
Content type
Date Posted
05/22/2008
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Transit Fare Collection Management (PT04)
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In Puget Sound, Washington, a survey of drivers equipped with in-vehicle emergency communications found that 95 percent of respondents felt "more secure" with Mayday voice communications, and 70 percent felt "more secure" with data communications.
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