The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, was awarded NCHRP Project 3-53, "Development of a High-Occupancy-Vehicle (HOV) System Manual", to evaluate existing formal and informal specifications and procedures for various aspects of HOV systems, to identify alternatives and discuss their applicability, and to prepare a manual that would promote consistency and effectiveness in future applications and emphasise co-ordinated development of all elements of the HOV systems. TTI was assisted in this effort by Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc. (PB), in Orange, California and Pacific Rim Resources, Inc. (PPR), in Seattle, Washington. The early chapters (1 through 4) in the manual include an introduction to HOV facilities and addresses policy considerations and HOV facility planning. Chapters 5 and 6 describe the operation and enforcement of HOV facilities on freeways and separate rights-of-way and the design of these facilities. Separate chapters (7 and 8) discuss the same subjects for arterial street HOV facilities. Subsequent chapters (9 through 13) detail transit and support services and facilities, supporting programs and policies, implementing HOV facilities, public involvement and marketing programs, and monitoring and evaluating HOV facilities. This manual is a companion report the NCHRP Report 413 "Development of an HOV System Manual" (see ST 981979 S). (A)
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