VPP Projects Involving Tolls
Category: Priced Lanes
Sub-Category: High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes
Project - TEXAS: HOT Lane Enforcement and Operations on Loop 1 in Austin
Loop 1, known as the Mopac Expressway is one of two major existing north-south controlled-access freeways in the Austin area. Austin has consistently been rated as the most congested U.S. city for its size according to the Texas Transportation Institute's annual Urban Mobility Study. The Loop 1 corridor extends from State Highway (SH) 45 in southern Travis County to Farm-to-Market (FM) 734 (Parmer Lane) in Northern Travis County. The expressway serves commuters from both the north and south areas of Austin accessing downtown, the State Capitol Complex and the University of Texas. The Loop 1 HOT lane is envisioned as a facility that will provide a high level of service and travel time advantages for express bus/BRT, vanpools and carpools while allowing paying Single Occupant Vehicles to use the lane. It is also envisioned that the HOT lane will be actively managed according to an operational plan that triggers changes in price in order to maintain free flow conditions for express bus/BRT. This study would develop an enforcement and operations strategy for this facility.
Pre-Implementation Study
Awarded January 2006
October - December 2009 Update
The project is still suspended due to budgetary constraints. However, four technical memorandums were completed in the third quarter:
- Preliminary Concept of Operations,
- Operational and Safety Effects of the Proposed Geometric Design,
- Traffic Incident Management Strategy and Associated Costs, and
- Carpool Registration Strategy.
The memorandums can found at: http://www.txdot.gov/project_information/projects/austin/mopac1/overview.htm.
For More Information Contact
Mark Herber
Texas Department of Transportation
Phone: (512) 832-7077
E-mail: mherber@dot.state.tx.us
Ginger Gooden P.E.
Phone: (512) 467-0946
E-mail: G-goodin@tamu.edu
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