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Managed Lanes

Managed Lanes. CE 550: Advanced Highway Design Damion Pregitzer. Background. VMT has increased 70% in last 20 years Highway Capacity increase only 0.3% DOTs and MPOs can’t keep up with growing need. Transportation Issues. Construction Costs Right-of-Way Constraints Environmental Concerns

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Managed Lanes

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  1. Managed Lanes CE 550: Advanced Highway Design Damion Pregitzer

  2. Background • VMT has increased 70% in last 20 years • Highway Capacity increase only 0.3% • DOTs and MPOs can’t keep up with growing need

  3. Transportation Issues • Construction Costs • Right-of-Way Constraints • Environmental Concerns • Social Impacts • Economic Impacts

  4. What are managed Lanes? • “Freeway within a Freeway” • High Degree of Flexibility • Continued Optimization • Defined: “’Managed Lanes’ are highway facilities or a set of lanes where operational strategies are proactively implemented and managed in response to changing conditions”

  5. Management Strategies • Pricing • Tolls • Congestion Pricing • Vehicle Eligibility • Type • Minimum Occupancy • Access Control • Express Lanes • Dynamic Closures

  6. Manage Lane Applications

  7. Active Management • Primary difference from traditional strategies • Use to achieve free-flow conditions • Defined Performance Measures • Example: raise toll to achieve desired traveling speeds

  8. Why Managed Lanes? • Increasing VMT and Congestion • Funding Shortages • Provides drivers multiple transportation options

  9. Success Stories

  10. State Route 91: Orange County, California • Project Goal: Provide motorists a congestion-free alternative and maintain financial viability of the lanes.

  11. State Route 91: Orange County, California • Toll Express Lanes • 10 Miles in center median of SR91 • 2 Lanes in each direction • Fully automated; must have registered account • Privately developed • Tolls vary by time of day

  12. QuickRide: Houston, Texas • Project Goal: Utilize available HOV capacity while preserving bus operating speeds

  13. QuickRide: Houston, Texas • HOT Lanes • I-10, 13 mile single lane reversible • US 290, 13.5 mile single lane reversible • Fully automated; must have registered account • Allows 2 occupant vehicles access during 3+ restriction (added fee) • $2.00 per trip flat fee • Operates only during peak hours

  14. Interstate 15: San Diego, California • Project Goal: Utilize available HOV capacity to fund new transit service in the corridor

  15. Interstate 15: San Diego, California • 8 mile HOT lane • 2 lane reversible • Fully automated; must have registered account • Tolls vary dynamically • Tolls rates based on level of congestion in the lanes

  16. New Jersey Turnpike: Dual-Dual Section, New Jersey • Project Goal: Enhance safety and improve operations through increased flexibility

  17. Best Practices in Managed Lanes • Planning and Project Development • Facility Monitoring and Evaluation • Life-Cycle Considerations • Combination of Strategies

  18. Planning and Project Development • Agency Collaboration • Project covers multiple jurisdictions • Not Typically in LTRP • Affected Stakeholders • Transit Agencies • Regional transportation authorizes • Toll Agencies • Law Enforcement personnel • Court Personnel • Environmental Groups • Special Interest Groups • Citizens

  19. Planning and Project Development • Selecting Managed Lane Strategy • What are the desired project objectives/outcomes? • New or existing facility • Availability of ROW • Current operational characteristics of corridor • Environmental and societal concerns

  20. Planning and Project Development • Identifying a Hierarchy of Users • High priority vs. Low priority users • Low priority experience most of the costs • Ensures LOS for target mode(s) of transportation

  21. Planning and Project Development • Establishing Threshold Values • Threshold values • Performance measure: Speed, Volume, Delay • Changes to price and/or occupancy allowed

  22. Planning and Project Development • Communicating the Managed Lane Strategy • Need to involve the Public • Politicians/Decision makers • May require additional laws • Tolls perceived as “Unfair” by users • Difficulties informing users with dynamic system • Ongoing education and transparency is critical

  23. Facility Operations with Continual Monitoring • Project Flexibility • Alter operations as warranted • Dynamic toll changes • Moveable barriers • Larger design vehicles • Design roadway for all potential future uses (Rail)

  24. Facility Operations with Continual Monitoring • Monitoring and Evaluation • Ongoing measurement of performance measures • Update thresholds • Goal: Free-Flow speeds • Use of new technology • Vehicle sensors • Automatic vehicle identification • License plate recognition • User information systems

  25. Life-Cycle Considerations • Maintenance of actively managed roadway in future • Sustainable performance • Reassessment of Managed Lane strategies

  26. Life-Cycle Considerations • Example: Colorado DOT

  27. New Challenges • Access Design • Driver Information and Signing • Enforcement • Revenue Generation and Equity • Legislative Authority • New Institutional Arrangements • Analysis Techniques and Demand Forecasting models • Design Flexibility • Integrated Transpiration Opportunities • Technology

  28. New Challenges • Access Design • Ingress and Egress points • Enforcement considerations • Spacing of at-grade ramp connections • Length of weaving sections • Integration with existing network

  29. New Challenges • Driver Information and Signing • Ingress / Egress Locations • Occupancy Requirements • Operating Hours • Toll Amounts • Operating Agencies • Electronic message boards

  30. New Challenges • Enforcement • Protects integrity of pricing strategies • Complexity of design creates challenges • Simplify verification / identification • Dedicated Law Enforcement personnel • Potential legislative changes

  31. New Challenges • Revenue Generation and Equity • Multiple agencies • Budget • Economic impact • Community goals

  32. New Challenges • Legislative Authority • State / National Laws • Automated Enforcement • Cooperation between agencies • Private Developer involvement

  33. New Challenges • Analysis Techniques and Demand Forecasting Models • Inclusion into LTRP • Scenario testing • Data collection • Air quality estimation

  34. New Challenges • Integrated Transportation Opportunities • Need for complex combinations of strategies to meet future growth • Regional planning efforts (DOT, MPO, RPA) • New methodologies (BRT)

  35. New Challenges • Technology • Not a limiting factor • Wireless • ITS • Ongoing improvements: Automated Enforcement

  36. Summary • Need to maximize use of existing network • Proactive approach to address future growth • Ongoing implementation and evaluation of Best Practices in Managed Lane Strategies

  37. Questions?

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