An HOV lane on Ontario Highway 404 incentivizes higher-occupancy vehicles by providing a quicker commute during peak hours
A managed lane is a type of highway lane that is operated with a management scheme, such as lane use restrictions or variable tolling, to optimize traffic flow, vehicle throughput, or both. Definitions and goals vary among transport agencies, but managed lanes are generally implemented to achieve an improved operational condition on a highway, such as improving traffic speed and throughput, reducing air pollution, and improving safety. Types of managed lanes include high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, high-occupancy toll lanes, express toll lanes, reversible lanes, and bus lanes. Most managed lane facilities are located in the United States and Canada, although HOV and bus lanes can be found in many other countries; outside of the US and Canada, many countries use active traffic management that manage all lanes of a highway.
definitions of managedlanes contain three basic elements: "The managedlane concept is typically a 'freeway-within-a-freeway' where a set of lanes within the...
in managedlanes are required to have a SunPass, E-Pass, E-ZPass, Peach Pass, or NC Quick Pass to use the lanes. The Lee Roy Selmon Express lanes permits...
toll road authority's portion of the project is a 12-mile (19.3 km) managedlane facility in the center of the reconstructed freeway that is used by METRO...
at least two lanes, one for traffic in each direction, separated by lane markings. On multilane roadways and busier two-lane roads, lanes are designated...
A reversible lane (or tidal flow) is a managedlane in which traffic may travel in either direction, depending on certain conditions. Typically, it is...
designate one or more lanes of any highway, or portion thereof, into a high-occupancy toll lanes (HOT lanes) or other type of managedlanes; provided that such...
A passing lane (North American English), overtaking lane (English outside North America) is a lane on a multi-lane highway or motorway closest to the median...
A climbing lane, crawler lane (UK), or truck lane, is an additional roadway lane that allows heavy or underpowered vehicles to ascend a steep grade without...
A runaway truck ramp, runaway truck lane, escape lane, safety ramp, emergency escape ramp, or truck arrester bed is a traffic device that enables vehicles...
two lanes in each direction between SH 6 and west I-610, the Katy Freeway ManagedLanes or Katy Tollway, were built as high-occupancy toll lanes and are...
counterflow lane or contraflow lane is a lane in which traffic flows in the opposite direction of the surrounding lanes. Contraflow lanes are often used...
A sunken lane (also hollow way or holloway) is a road or track that is significantly lower than the land on either side, not formed by the (recent) engineering...
are provided as part of a major highway, these are also known as local lanes. Sometimes a similar arrangement is used for city roads; for example, the...
A super two, super two-lane highway or wide two-lane is a two-lane surface road built to highway standards with wide lanes and other safety features normally...
locations for user access, the use of dual carriageways with two or more lanes on each carriageway, and grade-separated junctions with other roads and...
infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by...
an undivided highway (American English) is a road with one, two or more lanes arranged within a one carriageway with no central reservation/median strip...
eastbound traffic continuing east on Route d'Avelin must select a single center lane, merge with A1 traffic that is exiting to proceed east, and cross a center...
Backroad Dirt road Forest road Gravel road Green lane Historic roads and trails Ice road Roman roads Sunken lane Higher capacity roads, sometimes with medians...
four lanes to ten or even more; either as a dual carriageway or sharing a common center lane, such as a contraflow lane or as a central turning lane. As...
vehicles in managedlanes are required to have a SunPass, Peach Pass, E-ZPass, or NC Quick Pass to use the lanes. The Lee Roy Selmon Express lanes permits...
thoroughfares, and local roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges...
A wide outside lane (WOL) or wide curb lane (WCL) is an outermost lane of a roadway that is wide enough to be safely shared side by side by a bicycle...
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