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I really, really hope this happens to all of LA's freeways (or really all highways in the world)! It'd be cool if they could even do different pricing for diff
by zhoujianfu 10y ago
I really, really hope this happens to all of LA's freeways (or really all highways in the world)!
It'd be cool if they could even do different pricing for different lanes (e.g. Left lane is $X/mi, 2nd lane is .6X/mi, 3rd lane is .3X, the rest are free).
I also wonder what the algorithm is they use for pricing. I remember reading something about the 110/10 HOT lanes that they were targeting no slower than 45 mph or something? It might be smarter to target max revenue instead though. Like every 30 minutes you raise or lower the price depending if you made more or less money in the last 30 minutes after doing the same thing.
- l1ambda 10y agoThis is what is done in Minnesota. Pricing is dynamically adjusted every 3 minutes to keep traffic flowing at a minimum of 45mph (in practice more like 60+mph). When there is more traffic, the toll is priced higher. Electronic sensors monitor the traffic density and tolls are changed every three minutes. The best part is, it works!
- chadgeidel 10y agoWow, I hadn't heard of this! Very interesting. Trying to find more info about this but not finding it on Minnesota DOT (the MnPASS site doesn't have results data) or other sites. Can you share a link?
- l1ambda 10y agoHere you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MnPASS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MnPASS http://www.dot.state.mn.us/mnpass/howmnpassworks.html http://www.dot.state.mn.us/mnpass/howmnpassworks.html http://www.dot.state.mn.us/mnpass/pdf/mnpass-existing-and-future-lanes-map.pdf http://www.dot.state.mn.us/mnpass/pdf/mnpass-existing-and-fu...
- amyjess 10y agoThe express toll ("Texpress") lanes on I-635 in Dallas do something similar: http://www.lbjtexpress.com/pricing/how-pricing-is-determined http://www.lbjtexpress.com/pricing/how-pricing-is-determined