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  • FHWA - Managed Lanes Primer

    Credits: 2 PDH

    PDH Course Description:

    Many transportation agencies face a growing demand for increasing road capacity, even though budgets are static or increasing very slowly. As a result, agencies are considering using lane management strategies that regulate demand, separate traffic streams to reduce turbulence, and utilize available and unused capacity. Application of such operational policies is evolving into the notion of “managed lanes.”

    A managed lane is typically a “freeway-within-a-freeway” where a set of lanes within the freeway cross section is separated from the general-purpose lanes. Examples of operating managed lane include high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, value priced lanes, high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, or exclusive or special use lanes. This course is a primer on managed lanes and provides the transportation engineer or planner an overview of the implementation and operation of managed lanes.

    Topics:

    • Defining managed lanes
    • Pricing, vehicle eligibility, and access control for managed lanes
    • Best management practices in planning and project development, facility monitoring and evaluation, and life-cycle considerations
    • Managed lane case studies

    To take this course:

    1.) Enroll in Course: Click below to enroll:
    (must be logged into your user account)


    2.) Study: Once enrolled, click below to begin the course:

    Download the Study Guide

    3.) Test: Once you've thoroughly read the course materials, please click below to take the final examination.

    Take the final exam

    4.) Certificate: A passing grade of 70% or higher on the exam, is required to receive the certificate of completion for this PDH course.
         NOTE: After the exam is completed, you will need to return to this page, in order to print (download) the certificate of completion.

    Print the Certificate of Completion


    Publication Source: US DOT (Federal Highway Administration)


    Mark Rossow PhD, PE (retired)
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