**HOV Pooled-Fund Study 2006 Annual Meeting**

**Project Proposal Form**

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| **Project Title:** HOV Facility   |                                   |
| Planning Handbook Project Number: |                                   |
| 2                                 |                                   |
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| Statement of Problem:             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The planning and implementation   |                                   |
| process associated with HOV lanes |                                   |
| is conceptually similar to that   |                                   |
| used in other highway             |                                   |
| improvements. However, there are  |                                   |
| a number of issues that are       |                                   |
| likely to arise that may require  |                                   |
| special attention and have the    |                                   |
| potential to introduce the        |                                   |
| unexpected. The NCHRP Report 414: |                                   |
| *HOV Systems Manual* (1998) is a  |                                   |
| comprehensive source of           |                                   |
| collective experience gained from |                                   |
| the nation's implemented HOV lane |                                   |
| projects in the United States.    |                                   |
| The manual presents a wide range  |                                   |
| of information on HOV systems and |                                   |
| the contents of this manual are   |                                   |
| of immediate interest to both     |                                   |
| highway and transit professionals |                                   |
| in planning, designing,           |                                   |
| implementing, operating,          |                                   |
| marketing, and enforcing HOV      |                                   |
| systems. More recently, FHWA      |                                   |
| published the Guide for HOT Lane  |                                   |
| Development in 2003. This guide   |                                   |
| documents the collective          |                                   |
| experience gained from the        |                                   |
| nation's initial implemented HOT  |                                   |
| lane projects and provides        |                                   |
| practitioners with a good         |                                   |
| resource on applying the HOT lane |                                   |
| concept in planning and           |                                   |
| implementing the HOT lane         |                                   |
| facilities.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| While both the HOV System Manual  |                                   |
| and the HOT Development Guide     |                                   |
| offer excellent background        |                                   |
| information, there is a need for  |                                   |
| developing a comprehensive        |                                   |
| handbook that provides detailed   |                                   |
| information, technical guidance   |                                   |
| and recommended practices on      |                                   |
| planning of HOV and HOT           |                                   |
| facilities and projects. This     |                                   |
| comprehensive handbook will       |                                   |
| identify the process to follow,   |                                   |
| factors and issues to consider,   |                                   |
| methodologies and tools to use,   |                                   |
| analyses to perform, techniques   |                                   |
| to perform analyses, resources    |                                   |
| required, and stakeholders to     |                                   |
| include. The handbook will also   |                                   |
| identify how the output of the    |                                   |
| planning processes can assist in  |                                   |
| decision-making process, as well  |                                   |
| as in design, procurement,        |                                   |
| implementation, operations,       |                                   |
| enforcement, and maintenance as   |                                   |
| related to the life cycle of the  |                                   |
| facility.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This project will build off of    |                                   |
| and provide additional detail and |                                   |
| guidance to the information       |                                   |
| presented in the existing HOV     |                                   |
| Systems Manual and HOT            |                                   |
| Development Guide.                |                                   |
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| Suggested Approach:               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The suggested approach to the     |                                   |
| project include:                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Review and synthesize         |                                   |
|     relevant literature and       |                                   |
|     current practices.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Identify factors and issues   |                                   |
|     to consider in the planning   |                                   |
|     of HOV/HOT facilities and     |                                   |
|     projects.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Identify and discuss the      |                                   |
|     planning process.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Discuss how this process      |                                   |
|     relates to the planning       |                                   |
|     process for transportation    |                                   |
|     systems at a network/regional |                                   |
|     level                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Identify methodologies and    |                                   |
|     tools to use and assist in    |                                   |
|     the planning processes.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Identify required data and    |                                   |
|     analyses, and identify        |                                   |
|     techniques and tools to       |                                   |
|     perform the analyses.         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Identify resources required   |                                   |
|     and stakeholder to include.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Identify how the processes    |                                   |
|     could provide output in       |                                   |
|     decision-making process and   |                                   |
|     could assist in design,       |                                   |
|     procurement, implementation,  |                                   |
|     operations, enforcement, and  |                                   |
|     maintenance as related to the |                                   |
|     life cycle of the facility.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Develop guidance on how to    |                                   |
|     follow and use the            |                                   |
|     information, processes,       |                                   |
|     methodologies, tools and      |                                   |
|     techniques identified and     |                                   |
|     developed in this project.    |                                   |
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| Products:                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Handbook                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Primer                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Outreach Material             |                                   |
|     (Presentation, Brochure, and  |                                   |
|     Fact Sheet)                   |                                   |
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| End Users (Product Customer):     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   The intended audience         |                                   |
|     includes representative state |                                   |
|     DOTs, Metropolitan Planning   |                                   |
|     Organizations, transit        |                                   |
|     agencies, enforcement         |                                   |
|     agencies and others having a  |                                   |
|     role in the planning, design, |                                   |
|     development, management, and  |                                   |
|     operation of HOV/HOT          |                                   |
|     facilities.                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Targeted end users are        |                                   |
|     planners, managers and        |                                   |
|     policy-makers of HOV/HOT      |                                   |
|     operating agencies.           |                                   |
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| Training, Outreach, and           |                                   |
| Distribution Plan:                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -Outreach and awareness as to the |                                   |
| availability of the products      |                                   |
| through professional              |                                   |
| organizations.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -Publicized through FHWA          |                                   |
| Divisions, Resource Centers and   |                                   |
| related program activities.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -The products will be available   |                                   |
| via the Internet.                 |                                   |
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| Rough Order of Magnitude Cost:    | Comments:                         |
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| Person Hours:                     | -Direct costs include limited     |
|                                   | funding to accommodate any        |
| Labor Cost: [\$]{.underline}      | interaction and review of         |
|                                   | practitioners on the development  |
| Direct Costs: [\$]{.underline}    | of this product and to obtain any |
|                                   | available information from        |
| Total Cost: [\$                   | agencies via interviews and       |
| 250,000]{.underline}              | on-site visits to support         |
|                                   | development of case studies.      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | -Support initial distribution of  |
|                                   | limited number of copies to each  |
|                                   | State DOT.                        |
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| In-Kind Support or Other Funding  |                                   |
| (Beyond SP&R):                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -FHWA and pooled fund             |                                   |
| participants technical support    |                                   |
| and project management in the     |                                   |
| development of the project        |                                   |
| proposal, scope and product       |                                   |
| development.                      |                                   |
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| Suggested Schedule for Major      |                                   |
| Milestones:                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -18 months                        |                                   |
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| Benefits:                         |                                   |
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