Preliminary Planning Guidance for Implementing Truck-Only Toll Lanes
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 137, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper develops preliminary planning guidance for implementing truck-only toll (TOT) lanes based on the evaluation of critical issues associated with TOT lanes and the modeling results of building TOT lanes in freeway systems. The guidance proposes methodologies for identifying feasible TOT lane candidates and assessment for the use of mandatory or voluntary TOT lanes, lane placement, access locations, safety enforcement, tolling strategies, and TOT corridor prioritization. This guidance provides a resource to assist transportation agencies with planning TOT lane projects and also to achieve the goals of TOT lanes for relieving traffic congestion, reducing truck-related crashes, and generating revenues to fund these projects.
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Acknowledgments
The author is grateful to the editor and reviewers for their constructive and precious opinions. The author would also like to thank Professor Michael D. Meyer for his valuable suggestions in this paper.
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Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 137 • Issue 2 • June 2011
Pages: 133 - 141
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Aug 7, 2009
Accepted: Sep 15, 2010
Published online: Sep 17, 2010
Published in print: Jun 1, 2011
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