It is well known among HOV practitioners that the success of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane in motivating people to shift to HOVs depends on maintaining a travel time differential between it and the adjacent general purpose lanes. This differential exists only if there is continuing delay...

High occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes are being promoted as a way to reduce congestion and air pollution on urban freeways. While constructing new general purpose lanes is often seen as environmentally destructive, constructing new HOV lanes is seen as good for the environment and effective in...

The success of a high occupancy vehicle lane in motivating people to shift to carpools and buses depends on maintaining a travel time differential between it and the adjacent general purpose lanes. This differential, in turn, depends on the level of continuing delay on the general purpose lanes....

Urban transportation Planning is facing challenges and opportunities in the rapid developments of intelligent transportation systems. Such systems are characterized by real time information feedback in their operations and management, and by increasing levels of automation of their various...

fe Routes to School National Partnership (Partnership) founded the Local School Project (Project) in 2008 to assist ten schools in lowincome communities to: 1) develop and evaluate a school-based SRTS program, 2) build local capacity to apply for state or federal SRTS funding, and 3) increase...

This working paper probes the phenomenon of employment center transformations. Because the process is still unfolding, very much still in a developmental stage, combined with data limitations, our original research focus had to be revised. Compared to the study of the effects of built...

This paper reports on a study of current practice in policy transfer, and ways in which its effectiveness can be increased. A literature review identifies important factors in examining the transfer of policies. Results of interviews in eleven cities in Northern Europe and North America...

This study uses institutional economics to shed light on many of the issues plaguing the evaluation of design-build contracting. The purpose is to assist lawmakers in the State of California as they contemplate the adoption of enabling legislation. In institutional economic terms, design-build...