• Interstate 40 Value Pricing Assessment in North Carolina

    NCDOT Research Project Number: 2003-21

Executive Summary

  • The aim of this study were to identify corridors that are feasible candidates for the implementation of high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, to conduct and analyze a commuter survey data to determine the feasibility of implementing value pricing in a corridor or corridors of the study area as well as survey stakeholders¿ opinions. The study area spans I-40 from the Davie and Forsyth County boundary to the divergence of I-85 and I-40 in Orange County.​

    Our study was divided into three parts:A literature review of value pricing among ongoing programs in the United States;2). A baseline analysis of the study area, including population and economic characteristics, current traffic volumes, road capacities and forecasted traffic along I-40 in the study are; andImplementation and analysis of a commuter survey and completion of a stakeholders survey.
    We present three possibilities (with the customary ¿do nothing¿ alternative as the fourth, but undesirable alternative):Construct a new mixed-flow lane,Construct a HOT lane within the next ten years, orInitially construct HOV lanes with the possibility of turning them into HOT lanes within the next ten years.
  
Asad J. Khattak
Researchers
  
Asad J. Khattak
  
Mike Bruff
  
Mustan Kadibhai, PE, CPM

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Report Period

  • August 2002 - August 2005

Status

  • Complete

Category

  • Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal

Sub Category

  • Miscellaneous

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