Evaluation of Integration of BRT Lane with HOV Lane in Highways (Case study: Hemmat Highway)

Managed lanes have important role in promoting passenger mobility with higher speed and reliability. High occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV) provide priority treatments for public transportation and are steps toward designing and operating facilities to promote ridesharing and bus using, not just providing space for single-occupant vehicles. On the other hand, evaluation of the performance of Bus Rapid Transit systems (BRT) in Tehran highways indicates the inefficiency of exclusive lane dedicated to buses. In order to transfer more passengers instead of more vehicles, can be used combination of BRT and HOV in highways. For this purpose, one of the congested highways in peak hours which has standards of implementation of the HOV lanes was selected as pilot project and after the simulation of various scenarios, the optimum scenario of authorized users, and stations along the route is proposed.