Lead Presenter:  Pete Marshall | Director of Project Management | D2 Traffic Technologies

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Presentation Description

Vehicle occupancy restrictions have presented an enforcement challenge that has begged for an effective solution since the introduction of managed lanes. HOV and HOT lanes almost universally suffer from sub-optimal performance due to violation rates of up to 35% or greater, which significantly impacts revenue generation. Furthermore, vehicles that do not meet the minimum occupancy requirements consume valuable lane capacity, reducing the travel time advantage over GP lanes, degrading the user experience for legitimate participants, and causing the lanes to be less attractive for prospective lawful users. Degraded performance can also impact the ability to meet the operational requirements of certain funding sources. In short, occupancy violations prevent agencies from realizing the full value of their investment to construct and operate managed lanes

Recent advances in roadside video technology have enabled automated systems to detect and identify a high percentage of the violators at a low cost and with a far lower administrative burden, and hence recover more revenue via assessing tolls that would not have been collected. This enables a positive ROI on the system investment as well as an improvement in HOV/HOT lane operations.

This presentation will outline a business case for HOV/HOT occupancy enforcement for various tolling use cases (i.e. HOV vs. HOT) using automated and technology-rich roadside enforcement systems, comparing the overall life-cycle cost of ownership of such systems to the increase in toll re-rating revenue.

Speaker Biography

Pete Marshall, P.E., PTOE
D2 Traffic Technologies
Director of Project Management
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-marshall-p-e-ptoe-118a1b9/

As Director of Project Management for D2 Traffic, Pete helps agencies navigate ITS Technology and the fast-evolving confluence of communications, smart mobility and advanced computing. He works across a national ITS environment, helping to deliver safer, smarter and more equitable transportation for clients. He has a unique perspective in ITS technologies, having spent equal parts of his career in the consulting world and the software and system vendor community.

Pete’s diverse background includes experience in program and system management, operations and maintenance; system procurement and integration; software development; connected vehicles, electronic tolling; traffic signal timing and operations; traffic analysis and simulation modeling; infrastructure design and systems engineering.

Pete is a Member of the TRB ITS Committee (ACP15)

Pete has a B.S. and M.S degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and is P.E., and a PTOE. 

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