Discussing High-Occupancy Toll Lanes with the Denver, Colorado, Public

Ungemah, David H; Swisher, Myron; Tighe, C. Daniel

doi:10.3141/1932-15

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“…Sources: US Department of Transportation (2020,2017,2014,2008), Norman (2002), Toor and Salisbury (2014), Ungemah, Swisher, and Tighe (2005), Barton (2014), Cleland and Winters (2000), Khoeini and Guensler (2014), Petrella et al (2014), Burris and Hannay (2003), and Burris and Appiah (2004).…”

Section: Sr 91 Express Lanes Californiamentioning

confidence: 99%

High-occupancy Toll Lanes

Hall

2020

International Transport Forum Discussion Papers

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This paper reports the theoretical and empirical evidence on the distributional effects of Express Lanes. It also provides evidence of how they affect congestion, both in the Express Lanes themselves and in the parallel general-purpose lanes. The paper also helps put Express Lanes in context by discussing the merits of alternative approaches to managing congestion such as ramp metering, permits, and vehicle-kilometres travelled charges. All resources from the Roundtable on Congestion Control Experiences and Recommendations are available at: https://www.itf-oecd.org/ congestion-control-experience-recommendations-roundtable.

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Section: Sr 91 Express Lanes Californiamentioning

confidence: 99%

High-occupancy Toll Lanes

Hall

2020

International Transport Forum Discussion Papers

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“…Numerous HOT lane facilities are currently in operation in the United States. Table 1 presents a list of the current HOT lane facilities in the United States (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). The SR-91 express lanes opened in 1995 were the first practical application of the HOT lane concept.…”

Section: Literature Review On Hot Lane Usagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although HOT lanes are a rational operation strategy for increasing efficiency, they are criticized as "Lexus lanes" serving only the rich. However, real-world studies show that the HOT lanes are more like "Lumina lanes" used by people of widely varying incomes, who occasionally need to bypass traffic congestion that disrupts their social, family, or work life (3,(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13).…”

Section: Challenges Of Hot Lane Implementationmentioning

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Dynamic Toll Concept to Assess Feasibility of High-Occupancy Vehicle Lane on Kyungbu Freeway, South Korea

Chung

Choi

2010

Transportation Research Record

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This paper presents a feasibility assessment and field survey for high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane implementation as an alternative improvement to the existing high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility on the Kyungbu Freeway in South Korea. Various factors such as traffic congestion, vehicle speed, traffic volume, safety issues, equity concerns, HOV–HOT enforcement issues, and toll pricing were evaluated, including carrying out motorist surveys. Eighty percent of motorist survey respondents confirmed the need for a HOT lane as a means to reduce travel time delays and traffic congestion on the Kyungbu Freeway. A dynamic toll concept based on the allowable traffic volume in the HOT lane and the vehicle speed difference between the HOT and general purpose (GP) lanes was then applied as the basis of dynamic control of traffic flow in the HOT lane. This means that toll fees vary dynamically in real time as a function of the traffic conditions in the HOT and GP lanes (i.e., changes in vehicle speed), subject to the traffic volume threshold for the HOT lane (i.e., ≤1,350 vehicles per hour per lane for Class C–level of service). For this study, the dynamic toll rate ranged from about $1.00 to $6.00, depending on the traffic conditions. Overall, the results of this analytical and field survey study have indicated that it is both feasible and practical to operate a HOT lane facility on the Kyungbu Freeway using a simple dynamic toll system.

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“…Addressing concerns of equity and fairness has taken a considerable amount of time to nurture even in states where projects have been implemented, such as California, New York, Minnesota, and Texas. In all states, public opinion generally was lukewarm, at best, to start (11)(12)(13).…”

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confidence: 99%

This Land is your Land, this Land is my Land

Ungemah

2007

Transportation Research Record

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National experience has shown that perceived inequity to disadvantaged communities can derail the consideration of proposed toll and pricing projects. Even in areas with existing toll facilities, new proposals are not immune from fairness criticisms. Left unanswered, fairness issues may overwhelm public opinion and potentially elicit legal concerns. Five general types of equity apply to toll and priced facilities: geographic, income, participation, opportunity, and modal equity. The first two issues are generally more important in the planning process. Issues with geographic equity are largely reflected in public opinion, which in turn reflects participation and modal equity. Income equity also incorporates elements of opportunity equity and modal equity. Through the careful and deliberate planning process, issues pertaining to income equity can more easily be mitigated or alleviated than geographic equity, fulfilling the requirements of environmental justice. As toll and pricing policies are developed, planners and policy makers should address key questions designed to identify (a) potential income equity concerns and (b) ways to mitigate those concerns that may occur. Although no assessment can completely address all potential issues of equity and fairness, the principle of environmental justice requires transportation professionals to evaluate proposed projects with an open eye and an open mind. Ultimately, no project needs to be delayed or tabled because of issues of equity. Rather, correctly identifying concerns and addressing them through deliberate and transparent policy and action can help further the case for tolls in a broad transportation financing and planning context.

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Discussing High-Occupancy Toll Lanes with the Denver, Colorado, Public

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