The objectives of this project are to (a) examine strategies for deploying managed lanes on arterials, (b) identify tools for evaluating their performance, and (c) investigate ways to coordinate the deployment and operations of these lanes on arterials. For the first objective, this report reviews the state and national practices for managed lane on arterials in Section 2. Section 3 then identifies the types of managed lanes appropriate for Florida along with related issues such as design, enforcement, and pricing. As a summary, Section 3 also provides a flow chart that can assist in selecting a managed lane strategy for implementation in Florida. Section 4 discusses issues such as the planning, financing, partnerships, and generating public and governmental support for managed lane projects. Required processes such as Congestion Management Process (CMP), the completion of National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are identified. For the second objective, Section 2 reviews practical steps for evaluating the performance of managed lanes. Additionally, Section 4 discusses issues in setting operational objectives and policies, both of which influence how managed lanes are evaluated for their performance. Section 5 reviews the literature for tools used in evaluating the effectiveness of managed lanes. These tools are used in sketch, project, and operational planning, and all can be used to analyse managed lane strategies. Typically, key differences among these tools are in modelling resolution, scale, accuracy, data need, and available resources (such as time available of the analysis). For the last objective, Section 6 proposes two heuristic procedures, one for selecting arterials for managed lane implementations and the other for evaluating a plan for deploying a set of managed lanes on arterials. Section 6 concludes with case studies of how to deploy managed lanes on a road network in South Florida using fictitious demand data. (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting