FHWA/TRB Managed and Priced Lanes Workshop
Workshop Day 1 – Managed Lanes
Research Initiatives for Managed Lanes
- Priority 1. A traveling workshop or outreach group as a peer-to-peer program envisioned as a non-advocacy group that would present easy-to-understand tools.
- Priority 2. A synthesis of all experience to date, identifying both the determinants of success and the pitfalls for failure.
- Priority 1. Develop tools and techniques for demand analysis, revenue projection, environmental justice/equity assessment, freight analysis, and cost -benefit analysis.
- Priority 2. Define a process for considering managed lanes in a freeway corridor.
- Priority 1. Preparation of design guidance / manuals with examples of a range of scenarios/conditions.
- Priority 2. Development of applied engineering and modeling to support managed lane project development and design.
- Priority 3. Multimodal integration issues
- Priority 1. Address automated occupancy enforcement.
- Priority 2. Develop managed lanes measures of effectiveness.
Motivating Actions for Managed Lanes
At the end of the first day, motivating actions were identified that FHWA, other federal agencies (e.g., FTA), state agencies, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, AASHTO, professional organizations, and others may pursue to advance the planning, implementation, and proactive management of managed lanes. Ideas that were presented included:
- simple and clear primers or publications to educate both the public and public officials;
- peer-to-peer scans;
- outreach to toll road and transit groups;
- expansion of research efforts at national and/or state levels;
- outreach and presentations at annual meetings of national associations;
- publications;
- imposition of FHWA regulation, by including managed lanes as one of the planning factors in freeway corridor alternatives analysis; and
- targeted funding initiatives for metro areas to encourage consideration of managed lanes.
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