BASELINE ROADWAY CONDITIONS means the average weekday peak hour trip time in minutes for each roadway segment based on monitoring of traffic and recording of trip times during the 12 month period from April 1, 1992 to April 1, 1993.
FEASIBILITY STUDY means a study which analyzes the environmental, operational, engineering, right-of-way, construction, and financial issues affecting the implementation of high occupancy vehicle lanes on each roadway segment described in 310 CMR 7.37(3). The analysis of environmental issues shall include the impacts of HOV lanes on all mobile source emissions of CO, VOC and NOX as well as the impacts of such lanes on general purpose traffic flow. Operational issues may include enforcement and public safety issues. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases in which feasibility studies submitted to the Department on or before November 1, 1994 have not included an analysis of the impact of HOV lanes on NOx emissions, an analysis of such impacts will be submitted to the Department for inclusion in the Transportation Improvement Program for the metropolitan Boston area, as required by 23 CFR 450.
FINANCIAL as used in 310 CMR 7.37(1) and 7.37(8)(a) means the availability of funds from any federal, state or local sources for the design and construction of a high occupancy vehicle lane or facility.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS means a level of roadway performance that at a minimum:
ROADWAY THRESHOLD STANDARDS means Baseline Roadway Conditions increased by 35%.
310 CMR 7.37