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U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration 12th International HOV Systems Conference: Improving Mobility and Accessibility with Managed Lanes, Pricing, and BRT Conference Proceedings April 18-20, 2005 Houston, Texas Notice This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient's Catalog No. FHWA-HOP-06-002 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date 12th International HOV Systems Conference: Improving Mobility and September 2005 Accessibility with Managed Lanes, Pricing, and BRT – Conference 6. Performing Organization Code Proceedings 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Katherine F. Turnbull Report 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) 9. Performing Organization Name and Address Prime Contractor: Texas Transportation Institute Battelle The Texas A&M University System 505 King Ave. 11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-01-C-00182 College Station, TX 77843-3135 Columbus, OH 43201-2693 Task No. BA82026 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Operations Office of Transportation Management Technical Federal Highway Administration 14. Sponsoring Agency Code 400 Seventh Street, S.W. FHWA-HOTO-01 Room 3404, HOTM Washington, D.C. 20590 15. Supplementary Notes Jessie Yung, FHWA Office of Transportation Operations, Office of Transportation Management, Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) 16. Abstract This report documents the proceedings of the 12th International HOV Systems Conference: Improving Mobility and Accessibility with Managed Lanes, Pricing, and BRT. The Conference was held in Houston, Texas on April 18-20, 2005. The proceedings summarize the presentations from the plenary sessions and the breakout sessions. The plenary sessions included presentations on the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) system in the Houston area, updates on national activities, and future trends in managing mobility. The luncheon speakers addressed new financing options in Texas and tips for working with the business community. A variety of topics were covered in the breakout sessions. Updates were provided on HOV facilities in North America, high-occupancy toll (HOT) and value pricing projects, and managed lanes. Information on public perceptions, regional and statewide planning projects, toll collection technology, financing and deployment approaches, and designing and operating projects for multiple user groups was presented. 17. Key Words 18. Distribution Statement HOV, High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, High- No restrictions. This document is available to the Occupancy Toll Lanes, HOT, Value Pricing, public through NTIS: Managed Lanes, BRT, Bus Rapid Transit. National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, Virginia 22161 19. Security Classif.(of this report) 20. Security Classif.(of this page) 21. No. of Pages 22. Price Unclassified Unclassified 171 Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized 12th International HOV Systems Conference Improving Mobility and Accessibility with Managed Lanes, Pricing, and BRT April 18-20, 2005 Doubletree Hotel Downtown Houston, Texas Sponsored by Transportation Research Board National Research Council High-Occupancy Vehicle Systems Committee Transportation Demand Committee Freeway Operations Committee Bus Transit Systems Committee Joint Subcommittee on Pricing Managed Lanes Joint Subcommittee In cooperation with Texas Department of Transportation Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Harris County Toll Road Authority Houston-Galveston Area Council and Federal Highway Administration U.S. Department of Transportation Conference Proceedings Editor Katherine F. Turnbull Texas Transportation Institute The Texas A&M University System Typing, Graphics, and Editorial Assistance Bonnie Duke Gary Lobaugh Texas Transportation Institute The Texas A&M University System The preparation of these proceedings was funded by the Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation Table of Contents Page OPENING SESSION – MANAGING MOBILITY IN HOUSTON ........................................ 1 Welcome – That was Then/This is Now – Changes Since the 1987 HOV Conference in Houston, Katherine F. Turnbull ............................................................... 1 Managing Mobility in Houston – State Department of Transportation Perspective, ................. 3 Gary Trietsch........................................................................................................................... 3 Managing Mobility in Houston – Transit Perspective, John Sedlak .......................................... 4 Managing Mobility in Houston – Toll Authority Perspective, Mike Strech .............................. 6 LUNCHEON SESSION................................................................................................................ 9 New Financing Options in Texas, John W. Johnson .................................................................. 9 BREAKOUT SESSION – OPERATION UPDATES.............................................................. 15 I-95 HOV System-Wide Operations Study........................................................................... 15 High-Occupancy Vehicles Hours of Operation Pilot Project................................................ 17 Safety Considerations in the Development of HOV Facilities and Managed Lanes in Houston ........................................................................................................... 19 BREAKOUT SESSION – REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE HOV, HOT, AND VALUE PRICING PLANS........................................................................................................... 21 The First Step: Utah Statewide Managed Lanes Study........................................................ 21 Strategic Implementation Plan for the Atlanta Region ......................................................... 22 Recent Research on Managed Lanes: A Report from Texas ............................................... 23 BREAKOUT SESSION – PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ABOUT HOV, HOT, BRT, AND MANAGED LANES................................................................................... 27 A Comparison of Houston HOV Lane Users and Non-Users............................................... 27 I-5 North Coast Managed Lanes Community Outreach Program......................................... 28 Public Perceptions on Tolling in Texas................................................................................. 30 BREAKOUT SESSION – ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND MANAGED LANES USERS............................................................................................................... 33 Do HOT Lanes Service Women’s Travel Needs?................................................................. 33 Beyond Lexus Lanes: Addressing the Equity Implications of HOT Lanes ......................... 35 Results of HOV Lane Attitude Surveys in Southern California ........................................... 36 BREAKOUT SESSION – HOV AND TOLL FORECASTING – WHAT’S IN THE BLACK BOX?....................................................................................................... 39 Traffic and Revenue Analysis: I-10 Managed Lanes in Houston and I-635 Managed Lanes in Dallas............................................................................................... 39 Evaluating Pricing Strategies for Managed Lanes ................................................................ 40 Development of a Toll Revenue Estimating Tool................................................................. 41 BREAKOUT SESSION – MORE ON HOV, HOT, AND MANAGED LANES IN TEXAS ....................................................................................................................... 43 Managed Lanes on I-10 West and Other Houston Projects .................................................. 43 Update on HOV Lanes in the Dallas Area ............................................................................ 44 Houston METRO HOV Traffic Control Devices – Inventory Management System ........... 46 BREAKOUT SESSION – BUSES, BRT, HOV, AND MANAGED LANES......................... 49 The Lincoln Tunnel Exclusive Bus Lane: The Nation’s Most Productive Managed Lane ............................................................................................................... 49 vi The Evolution of Houston’s Express Bus System ................................................................ 51 Bus Rapid Transit Studies in the State of Maryland ............................................................. 52 Virtual Exclusive Busways (VEBs) ...................................................................................... 53 BREAKOUT SESSION –PLANNING/MODELING FOR MULTIPLE USER GROUPS.............................................................................................................. 57 Managed Lanes Modeling Process........................................................................................ 57 Estimating the Benefits from BRT/Managed Lane Alternatives Using SMITE-ML 2.0.............................................................................................................. 58 Management of Special Use Lanes: SUL Model Development and Analysis..................... 59 Coding BRT, Park-and-Ride Lots and Transit in the Context