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The Regional Mobility and Accessibility Study “HOT Lanes Scenario”

The Regional Mobility and Accessibility Study “HOT Lanes Scenario”. Robert E. Griffiths Technical Services Director, COG/TPB Value Pricing for Transportation in the Washington Region June 4, 2003. Regional Mobility and Accessibility Study. Purpose :

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The Regional Mobility and Accessibility Study “HOT Lanes Scenario”

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  1. The Regional Mobility and Accessibility Study“HOT Lanes Scenario” Robert E. Griffiths Technical Services Director, COG/TPB Value Pricing for Transportation in the Washington Region June 4, 2003

  2. Regional Mobility and Accessibility Study • Purpose: • “Evaluate alternative options to improve mobility and accessibility between and among regional activity centers and the regional core” • Shall include: • “Additional highway and transit circumferential facilities and capacity, including Potomac River Crossings, where necessary and appropriate, that improve mobility and accessibility between and among regional activity centers and the regional core and that take into consideration the adopted land use plans of individual jurisdictions”

  3. Regional Activity Centers • 24 Clusters comprise about 13 percent of the region’s land area. • Contain 70% of the region’s jobs and 31% of its households. • Contain 60 out of the region’s 83 Metrorail stations. • 14 activity clusters have no Metrorail station.

  4. Mobility:Analysis of the TPB’s “Financially Constrained” Long Range Plan shows: • Highway travel projected to increase by 46% and the available funding to expand highway capacity by only 13%. • Pervasive stop and go conditions. • Duration of congestion extending beyond current peak periods.

  5. Accessibility:Analysis of the TPB’s “Financially Constrained” Transportation Plan also shows: • Significant decline in auto accessibility to regional employment centers. • Greatest drop in accessibility to occur in areas just outside the Capital Beltway. • Most workers will see their commuting times increase or their potential choices of “desirable commute time” jobs shrink.

  6. A Regional HOT Lanes “What If?” Scenario • Interconnects all of the region’s activity centers. • Builds-off the region’s existing and planned HOV facilities. • Provides a HOT lanes option in all major transportation corridors and around the Capital Beltway. • Encourages greater carpooling and use of transit. • Generates new revenue that could be use to pay for the HOV/HOT facilities and enhanced transit services using them. • Supports local land use plans and concentrates more future growth in planned centers and transportation corridors.

  7. Regional HOT/HOV Lanes Scenario Will evaluate a regional system of HOV/HOT lanes around the Capital Beltway and in each major transportation corridor. Will provide new information on how “value pricing” might contribute to improving mobility and accessibility to regional activity centers in the Washington region.

  8. Study Schedule • Complete Specifications of Alternative Land Use and Transportation Scenarios (Jun/Jul 2003) • Code and Model Alternative Scenarios (Jul/Dec 2003) • Analyze and Evaluate Model Results (Jan/Mar 2004) • Draft Report to TPB (Mar 2004)

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