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Evaluation of Incorporating Hybrid Vehicle Use of HOV Lanes
Authors:
Brownstone, David; Chu, Lianyu; Golob, Thomas F; Nesamani, K S; Recker, Wilfred W
University of California, Berkeley - Institute of Transportation Studies Berkeley, CA 94720-1720 ;
California Department of Transportation - 1120 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 ; University of
California, Berkeley - California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies Richmond Field
Station, 1357 South 46th Street Richmond, CA 94804-4648
Monograph
10/1/2008
Abstract:
In this report, the authors present a method for examining the operational and environmental effects of the
policy of allowing qualified single-occupancy hybrid vehicles access to dedicated High Occupancy
Vehicle (HOV)/carpool lanes in California. The study uses a microscopic traffic simulation model that is
able to evaluate the HOV/hybrid system and provide detailed outputs that are not available in
conventional static models. The study also includes detailed emissions modeling for estimating accurate
emissions by integrating emission models into microscopic simulation models. The authors present
updated future hybrid vehicle demand models that are based on consumers' automobile choice behavior
analysis. These models are applied to data from the recent California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) 2000-2001 Statewide Household Travel Survey and the 2001 National Household Travel
Survey (NHTS). The authors also present a supply-side model to estimate availability and prices of hybrid
vehicles by body type and manufacturer and price. The objective here is to forecast penetration of hybrid
vehicles. Four different scenarios are then constructed and evaluated in terms of operational performance
measures and air quality measures.
Subject areas and Index Terms
Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Electric vehicles; Environmental impacts; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Hybrid vehicles; Microscopic
traffic flow; Traffic models; Traffic simulation; Travel demand; California
Availability: Available from UC Berkeley Transportation Library through interlibrary loan or document
delivery Order URL: http://library.its.berkeley.edu; University of California, Berkeley; Find a library
where document is available Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/302001742
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