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The impact of HOT lanes on carpools

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  • Burris, Mark
  • Alemazkoor, Negin
  • Benz, Rob
  • Wood, Nicholas S.

Abstract

This research investigated the change in carpooling on U.S. roadways once high occupancy/toll (HOT) lanes began on those roadways. HOT lanes generally allow carpools to travel on the lane for free while charging a toll for single occupant vehicles (SOVs) to use the lane. In most cases these lanes were previously high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes where carpools traveled for free and SOVs were not allowed. Note that clean fueled SOVs were allowed in some cases. Thus carpoolers could now switch to being a SOV and still access the benefits of the HOT lane – for a toll. This may cause some carpools to break up and become SOVs, thus adding to the amount of traffic and emissions on the roadway.

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  • Burris, Mark & Alemazkoor, Negin & Benz, Rob & Wood, Nicholas S., 2014. "The impact of HOT lanes on carpools," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 43-51.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:retrec:v:44:y:2014:i:c:p:43-51
    DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2014.04.004
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    1. Rahul Goel & Mark Burris, 2012. "Hot lane policies and their implications," Transportation, Springer, vol. 39(6), pages 1019-1033, November.
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    1. Lehe, Lewis J. & Devunuri, Saipraneeth, 2022. "Large Elasticity at Introduction," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    2. Saxena, Aditya & Gupta, Vallary, 2023. "Carpooling: Who is closest to adopting it? An investigation into the potential car-poolers among private vehicle users: A case of a developing country, India," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 11-20.
    3. Leonidas G. Anthopoulos & Dimitrios N. Tzimos, 2021. "Carpooling Platforms as Smart City Projects: A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-29, September.
    4. Julie Bulteau & Thierry Feuillet & Sophie Dantan, 2019. "Carpooling and carsharing for commuting in the Paris region: A comprehensive exploration of the individual and contextual correlates of their uses," Post-Print hal-02113257, HAL.

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    Keywords

    High-occupancy toll lanes; Managed lanes; High-occupancy vehicle lanes; Carpooling;
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    JEL classification:

    • R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General
    • R48 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government Pricing and Policy

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