Samenvatting
High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities represent on approach being used in many metropolitan areas today to respond to increasing traffic congestion, declining mobility levels, air quality and environmental concerns, and limited resources. HOV facilities, which can offer priority treatments to buses, vanpools, and carpools, focus on increasing the person-movement (rather than vehicle-movement) efficiency of a roadway or travel corridor. This document represents the fourth report prepared as part of a three-year assessment of HOV lane projects located either on freeways or in separate rights-of-way in North America. It provides an examination of the historical trends ./.F3