# Presentation: 132531

## Past Project Ideas

- High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV)
- Pooled Fund Study
- Annual Meeting
- June 20-21, 2007
- San Francisco, California

## List of Project Ideas

- Best Practices and Suggested Improvements for Peer-Enforcement Programs
- Human Factors in HOV and HOT Lane Design and Safety
- Preferential Carpool Treatment in Priced Lanes
- Methods to Improve Efficiency in HOV Enforcement
- Improved Crash Reporting and Analysis Techniques

## Best Practices and Suggested Improvements for Peer-Enforcement Programs 

**Purpose**
- Identify best practices of HOV peer-enforcement programs
- Quantify and address the benefits of HOV peer-enforcement programs
- Identify possible improvements
**Intended Audience**
- Representative state DOTs, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, transit agencies, enforcement agencies and others having a role in the planning, management, operation, enforcement of HOV facilities
- Supervisors, technical staff (planners and operators), and public safety and enforcement agencies involved in the planning, development, and implementation of HOV enforcement policies and programs

## Key Issues & Topics
Review and synthesize relevant literature and current practices
Perform case studies on peer-enforcement programs
Discuss lessons learned for being successful in HERO and other similar programs
Identify and discuss possible benefits of peer-enforcement programs
Develop quantitative measures, identify required data, and perform a cost/benefit analysis
Develop recommended “best practices”
Identify possible improvements
Document study findings in a research report

- Review and synthesize relevant literature and current practices
- Perform case studies on peer-enforcement programs
- Discuss lessons learned for being successful in HERO and other similar programs
- Identify and discuss possible benefits of peer-enforcement programs
- Develop quantitative measures, identify required data, and perform a cost/benefit analysis
- Develop recommended “best practices”
- Identify possible improvements
- Document study findings in a research report

**Best Practices and Suggested Improvements for Peer-Enforcement Programs**

## Products
Research report
Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
Estimated Cost: $ 100,000
Period of Performance: 12 months
2006 Annual Meeting Discussion
Voted 3rd on the ballot

- Research report
- Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
**Estimated Cost:** $ 100,000
**Period of Performance:** 12 months
**2006 Annual Meeting Discussion**
- Voted 3rd on the ballot

**Best Practices and Suggested Improvements for Peer-Enforcement Programs**

## Human Factors in HOV and HOT Lane Design and Safety 

**Purpose**
- Assess impacts of HOV and HOT design and operations issues on drivers
- Explore opportunities to leverage human factors research and driving simulator technology to advance HOV and HOT facility design and safety
**Intended Audience**
- Representative state DOTs and others having a role in the planning, development, design, operation and performance monitoring of HOV and HOT facilities

## Key Issues & Topics
Literature review and summary of state of practice on the policies and guidelines of HOV and HOT lane design, safety and operations 
Review of relevant human factors literature relating to the effects of HOV/HOT design and operations on drivers
Identify sampling and data collection procedures and data analysis methods
Conduct human factor studies using driver simulators to determine the effects of HOV/HOT design and operations factors on drivers and facility safety and performance 
Identify recommended HOV/HOT design and operations guidelines
Identify and recommend changes to the MUTCD

- Literature review and summary of state of practice on the policies and guidelines of HOV and HOT lane design, safety and operations
- Review of relevant human factors literature relating to the effects of HOV/HOT design and operations on drivers
- Identify sampling and data collection procedures and data analysis methods
- Conduct human factor studies using driver simulators to determine the effects of HOV/HOT design and operations factors on drivers and facility safety and performance
- Identify recommended HOV/HOT design and operations guidelines
- Identify and recommend changes to the MUTCD

**Human Factors in HOV and HOT Lane Design and Safety**

## Key Issues & Topics (cont.)
Document research results and findings
Recommend areas for further research
Products
Research report
A white paper
Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
Estimated Cost: $ 250,000
Period of Performance: 24 months
2006 Annual Meeting Discussion
To be covered in the Lane Markings and Delineation Project

- Document research results and findings
- Recommend areas for further research
**Products**
- Research report
- A white paper
- Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
**Estimated Cost:** $ 250,000
**Period of Performance:** 24 months
**2006 Annual Meeting Discussion**
- To be covered in the Lane Markings and Delineation Project

**Human Factors in HOV and HOT Lane Design and Safety**

## Purpose
Identify the benefits, drawbacks, and tradeoffs of providing preferential treatment for carpools and vanpools in priced lane facilities
Develop a guidance document describing the operational, environmental and financial considerations
Intended Audience
Representative state DOTs, transit agencies, law enforcement agencies and others having a role in the planning, development, operation, enforcement, and performance monitoring of HOV and HOT facilities

- Identify the benefits, drawbacks, and tradeoffs of providing preferential treatment for carpools and vanpools in priced lane facilities
- Develop a guidance document describing the operational, environmental and financial considerations
**Intended Audience**
- Representative state DOTs, transit agencies, law enforcement agencies and others having a role in the planning, development, operation, enforcement, and performance monitoring of HOV and HOT facilities

**Preferential Carpool Treatment in Priced Lanes**

## Key Issues & Topics
Expectation of current HOV carpools to pay toll for use of a new priced lane
Person-movement ramifications of preferential treatment
Impacts on air quality conformity
Impacts on HOV incentives due to corridor expansion resulting in more SOV capacity 
Revenue implications of allowing free passage to carpools
Flexibility of transit services (in particular BRT) to meet the demand currently served by carpools
Influence of enforcement on the planning and decision-making process

- Expectation of current HOV carpools to pay toll for use of a new priced lane
- Person-movement ramifications of preferential treatment
- Impacts on air quality conformity
- Impacts on HOV incentives due to corridor expansion resulting in more SOV capacity
- Revenue implications of allowing free passage to carpools
- Flexibility of transit services (in particular BRT) to meet the demand currently served by carpools
- Influence of enforcement on the planning and decision-making process

**Preferential Carpool Treatment in Priced Lanes**

## Key Issues & Topics (cont.)
Benefits and drawbacks of other types of preferential HOV strategies in priced lanes that do not require toll exemptions or discounts, including exclusive HOV ramps and ramp queue bypass lanes for HOVs
Products
Guidance Document
Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
Estimated Cost: $ 175,000
Period of Performance: 18 months
2006 Annual Meeting Discussion
Not specific to this group

- Benefits and drawbacks of other types of preferential HOV strategies in priced lanes that do not require toll exemptions or discounts, including exclusive HOV ramps and ramp queue bypass lanes for HOVs
**Products**
- Guidance Document
- Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
**Estimated Cost:** $ 175,000
**Period of Performance:** 18 months
**2006 Annual Meeting Discussion**
- Not specific to this group

**Preferential Carpool Treatment in Priced Lanes**

## Methods to Improve Efficiency in HOV Enforcement 

**Purpose**
- Achieve more efficient use of enforcement manpower by identifying and reducing key bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the enforcement process
- Identify best practices in the areas of manpower deployment, court appearance scheduling, and issuing of citations
**Intended Audience**
- Representative state DOTs, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, transit agencies, enforcement agencies and others having a role in the planning, management, operation, enforcement of HOV facilities
- Supervisors, technical staff (planners and operators), and public safety and enforcement agencies involved in the planning, development, and implementation of HOV enforcement policies and programs

## Key Issues & Topics
Review and synthesize relevant literature and current practices
Identify key bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the enforcement process
Conduct a survey of enforcement agencies and their court hours on judicial scheduling support, and identify methods to reduce the time expenditures in courts
Identify a suitable facility and conduct an implementation study whereby different levels of randomized enforcement are investigated
Document implementation study measures, and discuss the possible benefit of random enforcement scheduling
Perform a comparison analysis of possible benefits between nonrandom and random enforcement scheduling 
Identify issues, factors, and/or restrictions that impact the process and time required on issuing citations 
Identify methods, techniques, and technologies for streamlining the citation process
Identify best practices and recommendations on improving HOV enforcement efficiency

- Review and synthesize relevant literature and current practices
- Identify key bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the enforcement process
- Conduct a survey of enforcement agencies and their court hours on judicial scheduling support, and identify methods to reduce the time expenditures in courts
- Identify a suitable facility and conduct an implementation study whereby different levels of randomized enforcement are investigated
- Document implementation study measures, and discuss the possible benefit of random enforcement scheduling
- Perform a comparison analysis of possible benefits between nonrandom and random enforcement scheduling
- Identify issues, factors, and/or restrictions that impact the process and time required on issuing citations
- Identify methods, techniques, and technologies for streamlining the citation process
- Identify best practices and recommendations on improving HOV enforcement efficiency

**Methods to Improve Efficiency in HOV Enforcement**

## Products
Research report
Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
Estimated Cost: $ 150,000
Period of Performance: 14 months
2006 Annual Meeting Discussion
Not specific to this group

- Research report
- Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
**Estimated Cost:** $ 150,000
**Period of Performance:** 14 months
**2006 Annual Meeting Discussion**
- Not specific to this group

**Methods to Improve Efficiency in HOV Enforcement**

## Improved Crash Reporting and Analysis Techniques 

**Purpose**
- Identify and synthesize best practices in the collection and analysis of HOV and HOT crash data
- Develop  standardized procedures for collecting, archiving, reporting and analyzing crash data
**Intended Audience**
- Representative state DOTs, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, transit agencies, enforcement agencies and others having a role in the planning, design, development, management, operation, enforcement, and performance monitoring of HOV and HOT facilities

## Key Issues & Topics
Review and synthesize relevant literature and state of practice
Identify and discuss factors and issues to be considered in the processes of collecting, reporting and analyzing HOV and HOT related crash data 
Identify methods, techniques, and tools on collecting, analyzing, archiving, and reporting HOV and HOT related crash data 
Identify best practices
Develop standardized procedures for collecting, archiving, reporting and analyzing HOV and HOT related crash data
Develop a technical report documenting project results and findings

- Review and synthesize relevant literature and state of practice
- Identify and discuss factors and issues to be considered in the processes of collecting, reporting and analyzing HOV and HOT related crash data
- Identify methods, techniques, and tools on collecting, analyzing, archiving, and reporting HOV and HOT related crash data
- Identify best practices
- Develop standardized procedures for collecting, archiving, reporting and analyzing HOV and HOT related crash data
- Develop a technical report documenting project results and findings

**Improved Crash Reporting and Analysis Techniques**

## Products
A technical report
Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
Estimated Cost: $ 125,000
Period of Performance: 14 months
2006 Annual Meeting Discussion
May not have sufficient resources for modeling elements
Group may not have much influence in this area

- A technical report
- Outreach material (presentation, brochure, and fact sheet)
**Estimated Cost:** $ 125,000
**Period of Performance:** 14 months
**2006 Annual Meeting Discussion**
- May not have sufficient resources for modeling elements
- Group may not have much influence in this area

**Improved Crash Reporting and Analysis Techniques**