Evaluation and Performance Measurement of Congestion Pricing Projects

Evaluation and Performance Measurement of Congestion Pricing Projects
Author: Benjamin Gerry Perez
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2011
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309213614

"These guidelines are intended for transportation practitioners involved in the planning, design, and operation of congestion-pricing projects. They will help agencies select or develop measures to evaluate these projects, collect the necessary data, track performance, and communicate the results to decision makers, users, and the general public. These guidelines will be valuable to all agencies who are using or considering congestion pricing to manage their roadway capacity."--Foreword.

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Marketing Manual

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Marketing Manual
Author: John W. Billheimer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1994
Genre: High occupancy vehicle lanes
ISBN:

This High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Marketing Manual is designed to provide marketing and HOV professionals with practical guidelines for improving the public awareness, understanding, acceptance, and use of HOV facilities. The organization of the manual features four main sections. The first section, Introduction, contains highlights from case studies of HOV marketing experience and summarizes a few key principles of successful marketing gleaned from these studies. The next main section, Planning the Campaign, addresses such key topics as market research, campaign strategy, marketing materials, and constituency building. The third main section, Implementing the Campaign, covers media relations, advertising placement, promotion, community relations, and ongoing marketing activities. The last major section, Monitoring and Evaluation, discusses the need to monitor and assess the marketing campaign, public response, and HOV lane performance. Finally, Appendices contain sample marketing materials from a variety of HOV projects, project data, the case studies themselves, and a list of contacts who have had experience marketing HOV lanes in various parts of the country.