A BI-LEVEL FRAMEWORK FOR PRICING OF HIGH-OCCUPANCY TOLL LANES

Optimal Dynamic Pricing Strategies for High- Occupancy/Toll Lanes

This paper proposes a self-learning approach to determine optimal pricing strategies for high-occupancy/toll lane operations. The approach learns recursively motorists’ willingness to pay by mining the loop detector data, and then specifies toll rates to maximize the freeway’s throughput while ensuring a superior travel service to the users of the toll lanes. In determination of the tolls, a mu...

Modeling Toll Lanes and Dynamic Pricing Control

In this paper we address the problem of dynamic pricing for toll lanes on freeways. The proposed toll mechanism is broken up into two parts: (1) the supply side feedback control that computes the desired split ratios for the incoming traffic flows between the general purpose and the toll lanes; and (2) the demand side price setting algorithm that aims to enforce the computed split ratios. The s...

A COMPARISON OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE, HIGH OCCUPANCY TOLL, AND TRUCK ONLY LANES IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION by

As the evidence mounts that some HOV lanes will not produce expected reductions in congestion and emission, alternatives are being sought. High occupancy toll (HOT) lanes and truck only lanes are attractive alternatives. In this study, a region-wide system of new HOV lanes, HOT lanes, and truck only lanes in the Sacramento region are compared. The travel effects are simulated with the Sacrament...

High Occupancy Toll lane Performance Under Alternative Pricing Policies

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The Prospects for High Occupancy Toll (hot) Lanes: Where Should They Be Implemented?