Exploratory Evaluation of Incentives to Increase High-Occupancy Vehicle Use on Priced Highway Facilities. Issue 7 (July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: DeCorla-Souza, Patrick T.; Zahedian, Sara; Nohekhan, Amir; Nejad, Mohammad; Erdogan, Sevgi
• Is Part Of: Transportation research record. Volume 2676:Issue 7(2022)
• Page Start: 66
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Subjects: operations -- managed lanes -- planning and analysis; Transportation -- Periodicals; Roads; Transport -- Périodiques; Routes -- Périodiques; Routes -- Conception et construction -- Périodiques; Roads; Transportation; 388.05
• DOI: 10.1177/03611981221076837
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0361-1981

Abstract

This paper introduces an innovative way to incentivize increased person throughput on priced highway facilities such as toll roads, express toll lanes, and high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, using cash rewards for carpoolers and transit riders. An exploratory evaluation of the concept is demonstrated for the I-66 HOT facility inside the Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia. The results of the analysis suggest that the concept could provide significant benefits at a relatively low cost to public agencies for cash incentives.