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... a specified zone (area) Variably priced tolls where toll rates vary in real time based on detected traffic conditions Term used to refer to transit fares collected from passengers Variably priced tolls set according to a fixed schedule that may be determined by such variables as hour of the day, direction of travel, and day of the week Limited access highway lanes available to all vehicles without occupancy restrictions or imposition of a toll or fee A new toll highway built in a corridor that was previously without such a facility A policy defining vehicles with two or more passengers as HOVs A policy defining vehicles with three or more passengers as HOVs A scale ranking (A to F)
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... costs, benefits, or risks) Used interchangeably, a quantitative or qualitative characterization of a facility or scheme's operational properties; performance measures inform a performance evaluation The ongoing, structured process of compiling performance measure data; performance monitoring results can be reported and/or retained for historical purposes; performance monitoring is also required to undertake a performance evaluation An agency responsible for developing a transportation improvement A public agency, with a vested interest in the development of a transportation improvement, required to comment on projects as they are developed, most notably as part of the environmental review process An area where trips tend to cluster in a linear pattern with feeder routes leading to larger linear alignments providing access into a metropolitan area Managed lanes that use variable pricing as a tool to maintain desired traffic service levels
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Key Terms

  • managed lanes
  • traffic service
  • priced tolls
  • performance evaluation
  • desired traffic

  • limited access
  • variable pricing
  • policy defining
  • defining vehicles
  • traffic volumes

  • highway lanes
  • access highway
  • fixed schedule
  • measures inform
  • detected traffic

  • set according
  • routes leading
  • pancy requirements
  • measure data
  • alignments providing

  • providing access
  • highway built
  • transit fares
  • performance monitoring
  • service level

  • theoretical carrying
  • traffic conditions
  • managed lane
  • toll highway
  • service levels


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