Transcript PROJECT DESCRIPTION ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCING QUICKRIDE Fee Tag (toll transponder) Rearview mirror • Enrollees must display windshield identification tags Auto ID Tag (QuickRide hang tag) • Identification tags and vehicle occupancy checked.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
ENFORCEMENT
PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCING
QUICKRIDE
Fee Tag (toll
transponder)
Rearview
mirror
• Enrollees must display windshield identification
tags
Auto ID Tag
(QuickRide hang tag)
• Identification tags and vehicle occupancy
checked simultaneously by visual inspection at
enforcement area
USAGE BY VEHICLE CATEGORY,
and 2003
NORTHWEST (US-290) HOT LANE
KATY (I-10) HOT LANE
• 13 mile (20.9 km), one-lane
reversible facility in the median of
Katy (I-10) Freeway.
• 15.5 mile (25.0 km), one-lane facility in the median of
Northwest Freeway (US 290).
1400 152 161
• HOT operations (QuickRide) began in 2000.
1000 585 599
447
• Available only in the morning peak (6:45 - 8:00 a.m.).
• Average travel time saving is about 11 minutes.
Average Number of
QuickRide Patrons per Day
• The current QuickRide program receives
approximately 217 uses per day
0
6:45 - 7:00 - 7:15 - 7:30 - 7:45 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00
5:00 - 5:15 - 5:30 - 5:45 5:15 5:30 5:45 6:00
Time of Day
Katy AM
Northwest AM
76
375 337 262
600 244
273
246
400
Feb Apr Oct
Katy AM HOV
lane
256
• Accuracy of occupancy count difficult
at some locations due to speeds
625
• Enforcement resources stretched
363 379
140
156 174
358 368 417
Feb Apr Oct
Katy PM HOV
lane
430 466
• Majority of customer complaints:
violators
Feb Apr Oct
NW HOV lane
lights were installed at the Eastern Extension
enforcement area on Katy
• Capacity is limited in the peak period, due to high
demand from HOV3+ and buses
10
97
216
• Unauthorized HOV2s impossible to
detect
• Trailer and gantry-mounted units with indicator
• Patronage has increased steadily since operations
began in 1998
20
113
543 109
SOV
HOV2 Viol
HOV2
HOV 3+
• No method to confirm account status in
the field
Field Test of Equipment for
Enhanced Compliance, April 2004
• Average travel time saving is about
17 minutes.
30
549
800
0
• Available during peak period (6:45
- 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.)
Daily QuickRide Usage (2004)
118
1200
200 470 400 470
• HOT operations (QuickRide) began
in 1998.
• High violation rates
1600
182 161
ENFORCEMENT CONCERNS
2002
Katy PM
• The equipment was supplemented with
customer warning cards and a mass mailing
reminding customers and apparent violators of
operating requirements
AM Peak
Violation Rate
PM Peak
Violation Rate
April
2003
April
2004
April
2003
April
2004
I-10 Eastern Extension
(test site)
67%
34%
53%
29%
I-10 Post Oak
61%
57%
56%
50%
Enforcement Location
Changes in
Compliance as a
Result of Field
Tests
US 290 NW Transit Center
• Space exists on the HOT lane for additional vehicles
outside of the peak periods.
Trailer-mounted Enforcement Unit
55%
50%
Gantry-mounted
Enforcement Unit
Not operational in
PM peak
Proposed Implementation of Enforcement Technology on US 290
• Congestion remains on the general purpose lanes
outside of the peak periods.
One trailer-mounted
and one gantrymounted unit for AM
and PM at Dacoma
• Therefore, the opportunity exists to sell excess HOT
lane capacity to off-peak SOV travelers.
• However, several operation obstacles must be
overcome, including:
ENFORCEMENT
DYNAMIC PRICING
COMMUNICATING WITH USERS
Two hand-held units to allow
officers to verify tags and to
provide flexibility for remote
customer service operations
One trailermounted and one
post-mounted unit
for AM and PM at
NW Transit Center
DYNAMIC PRICING
USER COMMUNICATIONS
A. Understanding User Needs
• There is limited capacity available since both HOT lanes are single lane facilities.
• Each freeway carries over 200,000 vehicles per day  a large potential number of HOT lane users.
• Used focus groups and surveys to identify critical information that travelers require prior to choosing
to use the HOT lane.
• For the lanes to remain uncongested requires the ability to rapidly alter the price of entry.
• Therefore, dynamic pricing based on real time traffic conditions is required.
• Determined how travelers found out about the current QuickRide program.
How Respondents Learned of QuickRide
•
HOV2 travelers in the general purpose lanes, peak or off-peak
•
HOV2 travelers in HOT lanes
50.00
40.73
40.00
30.00
16.97
20.00
10.00
8.15
2.04
3.39
5.43
<10,000
10,00014,999
15,00024,999
11.54
25,00034,999
35,00049,999
50,00074,999
75,00099,999
100,000199,999
>200,000
Percent of People Who Choose HOT Lane (%)
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Goals:
•Increase awareness & image of QR
•Increase QR membership and
usage
80.00
Casual carpool (slugs) in HOT lanes
nd
To
23.76
Trip Mode Choice Analysis - US 290
HOV3+, bus, motorcycle travelers in HOT lanes
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0
B. Public Education Plan
60.00
• Off-peak: free
•
10
67.88
70.00
Annual Household Income Level ($/year)
•
20
80.00
0.00
• Peak: QuickRide $2
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SOV travelers in the general purpose lanes, peak or off-peak
Lo
Value of Travel Time - US290
Value of Travel Time ($/hour)
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ng
• A stated preference survey was used to gather information from:
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30
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40
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Percent of Respondents
40%
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rs
A. Understanding User’s Willingness to Pay
60%
ne
Percent of Respondents
Factors Which Would Cause Respondents to Use QuickRide
M
• To deliver dynamic pricing requires:
Recommended Outreach Efforts
•Graphic Identity
•Project Champions
•Public Relations/Media Blitz
•Website
•Kickoff Promotion/Goodwill Efforts
•Community Appearances
•Advertising
•Employee Training
TTS = 8 min
70.00
TTS = 12 min
TTS = 14 min
60.00
TTS = 16 min
50.00
TTS = 18 min
TTS = 20 min
40.00
TTS = 22 min
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Toll Levels of HOT Lane ($)
C. Real-Time Communication
B. Deploying Required Technologies
• General program information provided at non-critical locations
• Multiple entry and exit locations increase the difficulty of:
•
• Regulatory information provided in advance of price
Determining the current travel speed and flow rate on the HOT lane.
• Lane status and current price provided where diversion is still possible
•
Estimating future travel speeds and flow rates on the HOT lane.
•
Determining the appropriate price based on those speeds and flow rates.
PRICE
US 290 Pinemont Park and Ride
HOV LANE STATUS
PROGRAM INFORMATION
$2
$2
1
2
3
OPEN
CLOSED
4
5
$ 2.00
6
7
CLOSED
$2
1
2
3
4
5
6
$2
TAGS REQUIRED
7
WWW.QUICKRIDE.ORG
$2
REGULATORY
TO ENROLL
HOV LANE 1 / 2 MILE
Speeds and flows from WaveTronix
sensors via CDMA
Speeds from AVI readers
via TranStar
sent in real time to the traffic server
$2
The traffic server determines the correct toll and sends this data to signs
in real time and to the
QuickRide billing server on a daily basis.
Transponder numbers and time of day are collected from AVI Readers and then sent to the QuickRide billing server on a daily basis. QuickRide bills based on this data plus stored price data.
MON - FRI
6:45 – 8:00 AM
ALL OTHER TIMES
LEFT EXIT