Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter C - CONGESTION MITIGATION FACILITIES › Section 25.41 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1)
				  Commission--The Texas Transportation Commission.
(2) Department--The Texas Department of
				  Transportation.
(3) Exclusive
				  lane--A lane of a highway or segment of a highway on the state highway system
				  the use of which is restricted to one or more specific classifications of motor
				  vehicle.
(4) Executive
				  director--The executive director of the department, or a designee not below the
				  level of district engineer, division director, or office director.
(5) High occupancy vehicle (HOV)--A bus or
				  other motorized passenger vehicle occupied by a specified minimum number of
				  passengers.
(6) High occupancy
				  vehicle (HOV) lane--One or more lanes of a highway or an entire highway where
				  designated high occupancy vehicles are given at all times, or at regularly
				  scheduled times, a priority or preference over some or all other vehicles
				  moving in the general stream of highway traffic.
(7) High occupancy toll (HOT) lane--An HOV
				  lane that may be used by vehicles carrying fewer than the specified minimum
				  number of passengers, or other eligible vehicles, that pay a toll for the right
				  to do so.
(8) HOV Authority--A
				  transit authority created under Transportation Code, Chapter 451, 452, or 453;
				  a regional mobility authority created under Transportation Code, Chapter 361 or
				  370; a municipality; a transportation corporation; or a coordinated county
				  transportation authority created under Transportation Code, Chapter
				  460.
(9) Level of Service C--A
				  measure of highway congestion as defined by the latest edition of the Highway
				  Capacity Manual published by the United States Transportation Research
				  Board.
(10) Low-emission vehicle--A
				  vehicle that has been certified by regulations of the federal Environmental
				  Protection Agency to meet the Tier II Bin 1 or Bin 2 emission level established
				  for that make and model year.
(11)
				  Seriously degraded--When a lane or lanes fail to achieve at least a level of
				  Service C for 90% of the time over a consecutive 90-day period during weekday
				  peak travel periods.
(12) Toll
				  entity--A regional tollway authority created under Transportation Code, Chapter
				  366; a transit authority created under Transportation Code, Chapter 451, 452,
				  or 453; a regional mobility authority created under Transportation Code,
				  Chapter 361 or 370; a county acting under Transportation Code, Chapter 284; or
				  a transportation corporation.
(13)
				  Toll lane--A lane or lanes of the state highway system, including an HOV lane,
				  on which a toll has been authorized by order of the commission under
				  Transportation Code, Chapter 224, Subchapter F.
(14) Transportation corporation--A
				  corporation created by the commission under §§
										15.80-
				  15.93
				  of this title (relating to Transportation Corporations).