Evaluation of high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Texas, 1993. Interim research report, September 1993-August 1994

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:76341

Henk, R H; Morris, D E; Christiansen, D L

The report evaluates the operation of freeway high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in Texas through calendar year 1993. As of the end of 1993, HOV lanes were in operation of the five following Houston freeways: (1) Katy Freeway (I-10W); (2) North Freeway (I-45N); (3) Northwest Freeway (U.S. 290); (4) Gulf Freeway (I-45S); and (5) Southwest Freeway (U.S. 59S). The only HOV facility in operation in Dallas as of the end of 1993 was on the East R. L. Thornton Freeway (I-30E). The research report provides an analysis of data related to the: (1) operation of the HOV lanes; (2) operation of the freeway mainlanes; (3) combined HOV lane and freeway data; and (4) data relating to transit usage and operations. Both a `before` and `after` trend line analysis (where applicable) and a comparison to control freeways are used as a means of assessing the impacts of the HOV facilities.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Texas Transportation Inst.
• OSTI ID: 76341
• Report Number(s): PB--95-221701/XAB; TTI--0-1353
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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