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SHRP 2 L11: Final Report<br />

Table 6.6 Key Infrastructure <strong>Improve</strong>ments and Demand Optimization <strong>Strategies</strong> (Continued)<br />

Strategy<br />

5.6.Congestion<br />

Pricing<br />

5.7.Lane<br />

Treatments<br />

5.8.Multimodal<br />

<strong>Travel</strong><br />

5.9.<strong>Travel</strong><br />

Reduction<br />

Treatments<br />

Electronic Toll Collection<br />

Cordon Pricing (Area wide)<br />

Managed Lanes: High-<br />

Occupancy Vehicles (HOV)<br />

lanes, High-occupancy Toll<br />

(HOT) lanes, truck only<br />

lanes, Truck-only Toll (TOT)<br />

lanes, HOV By-Pass Ramp<br />

Changeable Lane<br />

Assignments (Reversible,<br />

Variable)<br />

Integrated Multimodal<br />

Corridors (IMC)<br />

<strong>Travel</strong> <strong>Alternative</strong>s -<br />

Reduction in Trips/Diversion<br />

<strong>to</strong> other times (Ride Share<br />

Programs, Telecommuting,<br />

Home office, video<br />

conferences)<br />

SWOT Technology Status<br />

Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats<br />

Increased<br />

capacity<br />

and<br />

reduced<br />

delays<br />

Preserve<br />

Capacity<br />

and<br />

<strong>Improve</strong><br />

mobility<br />

Optimize<br />

capacity<br />

and<br />

reduce<br />

congestion<br />

Optimize<br />

capacity<br />

and<br />

reduce<br />

congestion<br />

Reduce<br />

congestion<br />

and<br />

<strong>Improve</strong><br />

mobility<br />

Reduce<br />

congestion<br />

and<br />

<strong>Improve</strong><br />

mobility<br />

Cost<br />

Public<br />

acceptance<br />

Public<br />

acceptance<br />

Cost<br />

Cost<br />

Public<br />

acceptance<br />

Require<br />

technology and<br />

agency buy-in<br />

Replace old Open<br />

Toll Roads<br />

Deployment in<br />

areas where there<br />

is no room for<br />

constructing new<br />

lanes/roads<br />

It can be viewed as<br />

a new source of<br />

funding<br />

Deployment in<br />

areas where there<br />

is no room for<br />

constructing new<br />

lanes/roads<br />

Application <strong>to</strong> large<br />

urban corridors<br />

Driver’s non<br />

compliance,<br />

resistance <strong>to</strong><br />

paying the <strong>to</strong>lls,<br />

concerns about<br />

equity<br />

Low,<br />

Medium,<br />

High<br />

High<br />

Current,<br />

Emerging,<br />

New<br />

Emerging<br />

ROW Low Emerging<br />

ROW<br />

Interagency<br />

cooperation and<br />

driver<br />

awareness<br />

required<br />

Difficult <strong>to</strong><br />

implement<br />

Low<br />

Low<br />

High<br />

Low<br />

Current and<br />

Emerging<br />

Emerging<br />

Emerging<br />

Current and<br />

Emerging<br />

Application<br />

<strong>to</strong> Sources of<br />

Congestion<br />

Physical<br />

Bottlenecks<br />

Physical<br />

Bottlenecks<br />

Fluctuation in<br />

Normal Traffic<br />

Special<br />

Events<br />

Physical<br />

Bottlenecks<br />

Fluctuation in<br />

Normal Traffic<br />

Traffic<br />

Incidents<br />

Traffic Control<br />

Devices<br />

Fluctuation in<br />

Normal Traffic<br />

Special<br />

Conditions<br />

Physical<br />

Bottlenecks<br />

Fluctuation in<br />

Normal Traffic<br />

Special<br />

Conditions<br />

Physical<br />

Bottlenecks<br />

OPERATIONS STRATEGIES AND TREATMENTS TO IMPROVE TRAVEL-TIME RELIABILITY Page 77

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