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Following this initial effort, telephone and in-person interviews were conducted with staff from most of the sponsoring agencies of the 12 pricing projects to better understand each facility's goals and performance evaluation programs, what they measure and why, what they wish they would or could have measured and why, any challenges associated with project or evaluation program implementation, and other lessons learned in the context of guideline development. The 12 project case studies, included as Appendix A, provide • An overview of the agency sponsoring the congestion pricing project • A review of the agency's congestion pricing program • A discussion of the different measures used to monitor agency's congestion pricing project performance • Identification of other data collection efforts associated with the agency's congestion pricing project's implementation 12 Methodology C H A P T E R 2
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Figure 2-1. Case study congestion pricing projects by location.
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. These guidelines do not simply repeat verbatim the performance measures identified in this manner, but by applying the case studies' findings on what facility operators wish they had done in retrospect and overall conclusions from the research, 14 Evaluation and Performance Measurement of Congestion Pricing Projects Performance Data Curtails an Anti-HOV-Lane Movement in Seattle After the de-commissioning of the I-80 and I-287 HOV lanes in New Jersey in 1998, there was a groundswell of opposition to the continued operation of HOV lanes in the Puget Sound region in the Washington State Legislature.
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In this manner, the reader may find that the information contained in a specific case study can augment the guidelines' recommendations or serve to better illustrate a particular application in detail. For example, in considering the implementation of a simple HOV-to-HOT conversion along a 3- by 3-lane corridor with one non-barrier-separated HOV lane and two general purpose lanes in each direction, the Washington State Department of Transportation's experience doing just that along SR 167 in southern Kings County may be useful to study in detail -- in addition to the recommendations for variably priced managed lanes in Chapter 3.
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2.2.2 Every Congestion Priced Facility Is Unique The research that underpins these guidelines has shown a predictable result -- that no two congestion priced facilities are the same. Numerous factors that influence the decision to implement such a facility contribute to the uniqueness of each: overarching goals, sponsoring agency, regional roadway network configuration, available alternate modes, land use patterns, user population and demographics, experience level with tolling and managed lanes, available 16 Evaluation and Performance Measurement of Congestion Pricing Projects OPERATING PIPELINE Variably Priced Managed Lanes Variably Priced Managed Lanes Alameda County, CA I-680 Denver I-25 Houston I-10 Katy Freeway Houston Northwest Freeway Miami I-95 Minneapolis I-394 Minneapolis I-35W Orange County, CA SR 91 San Diego I-15 Seattle SR 167 Salt Lake City I-15 Austin Loop 1 Baltimore I-95 Bay Area, CA I-580 Bay Area, CA I-80 Bay Area, CA U.S.
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For this reason, the approach taken in these guidelines has been to identify a wide range of recommendations on establishing a performance evaluation program and selecting specific performance measures. The guidelines represent a synthesis of best practice, but at the same time, remain accessible to readers seeking direction on components of a performance monitoring program that may not be the most commonly applied in practice.
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