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	Single-occupant vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A single-occupant vehicle (SOV) is a privately operated vehicle whose only occupant is the driver.
		The types of vehicles include, but are not limited to sport utility vehicles (SUVs), light-duty trucks, and any combination thereof, along with all the various van and car sizes.
		A low-occupancy vehicle (LOV) is a vehicle with one or two occupants, which is not permitted to use HOV lanes when they are set at HOV 3+ or higher.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Single_Occupant_Vehicle (145 words)

	Protective cushion for vehicle occupant's head - US Patent 6530595 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A protective cushion for a vehicle occupant's head according to claim 3, wherein the longer ends of the cylindrical member sheet are positioned between an end of the occupant-side sheet and an end of the body-side sheet.
		A protective cushion for a vehicle occupant's head according to claim 1, wherein the layers of the wall comprise an outer layer and an inner layer, and adhesive is positioned between the outer layer and the inner layer to affix the layers.
		A protective cushion for a vehicle occupant's head according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of projections commonly extending from the cylindrical member, the occupant-side sheet, and the body-side sheet, and wherein the cylindrical member, the occupant-side sheet, and the body-side sheet are sewn together with a common thread.
	www.patentstorm.us /patents/6530595.html (4230 words)

	Encyclopedia: High-occupancy vehicle
		In some cases, single occupant vehicles are allowed provided that they are hybrid vehicles or use alternative fuels.
		Four high-occupancy vehicle lanes are elevated over general-use lanes on the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles, CA One symptom of HOV lanes that refutes the above contentions has been the slugging phenomenon of the Washington DC metro area.
		This would permit single occupant vehicles to buy the right to use the HOV lanes for a toll, but total flow would be regulated (the price would be varied) to ensure total speeds on the HOV lane do not drop noticeably.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/High_occupancy-vehicle (1955 words)

	Vehicle occupant restraint having an adjustable web tether - Patent 6003899
		It is notoriously well known in the art that the provision of a shoulder belt in a vehicle occupant restraint system significantly increases the system's ability to restrain movement of the occupant in the event of a sudden vehicle maneuver or collision.
		There are, however, certain vehicle seating arrangements which do not easily lend themselves to the provision of a shoulder belt, such as the arrangement of driver and/or passenger seats in a commercial vehicle and, in particular, to the driver's seat in a bus.
		1, a vehicle 10 includes a seat 12 (such as a driver's seat) that is mounted to the vehicle floor 14 (for the purposes of the present description, the vehicle floor and/or chassis is designated as ground and is therefore a fixed reference plane for the occupant restraint system).
	www.freepatentsonline.com /6003899.html (4307 words)

	Inflatable confinement for vehicle occupant restraint system and method of making same - Patent 4006918
		The present invention relates to an inflatable vehicle occupant restraint system of the type wherein an inflatable confinement is expanded from a collapsed to an operative position by the introduction of pressurized fluid into the inflatable confinement in response to a collision.
		The inflatable confinement of the present invention is fabricated by folding a single layer of fabric from a flat pattern and seaming the folds and margins of the folded pattern.
		The present invention thus provides an inflatable vehicle occupant restraint confinement having an inner chamber and a surrounding outer chamber wherein the confinement is formed from a flat pattern of a single sheet of material and is fabricated by folding and seaming the single sheet of material.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4006918.html (2806 words)

	Murdoch University Digital Theses
		The research examined the effectiveness of three workplace based interventions which aimed at reducing the use of single occupant vehicles (SOV) for commuting to work resulting in an increase in the use of green transport (alternatives to the SOV).
		Single occupant vehicle trips were significantly reduced in the second intervention group only.
		Overall it is concluded that while the second intervention involving leadership (but without participant ownership) achieved the greatest reduction in use of the single occupant vehicle, the third intervention achieved the greatest long-term impact on participants and organizations.
	wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au /adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040310.121357 (890 words)

	Single occupant vehicle -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A single-occupant vehicle (SOV) is a privately operated (A conveyance that transports people or objects) vehicle whose only occupant is the driver.
		The types of vehicles include, but are not limited to (A high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis) sport utility vehicles (SUVs), light-duty trucks, and any combination thereof, along with all the various van and car sizes.
		SOVs contrast with (Click link for more info and facts about high occupancy vehicle) high occupancy vehicles, (HOV) which carry passengers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Si/Single_occupant_vehicle.htm (171 words)

	Vehicle -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vehicles are non-living means of (An exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes) transport.
		However, animals on their own, though used as means of transport, are not called vehicles.
		Most land vehicles have (A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)) wheels, see that articles for vehicles with and without wheels.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/ve/vehicle.htm (295 words)

	Carpool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carpooling is shared use of a car, in particular for commuting to work, often by people who each have a car but travel together to save costs.
		There are sometimes special facilities for carpoolers, including high occupancy vehicle lanes specifically for cars with multiple riders.
		As most cars are designed for a maximum of 4-5 persons but only are occupied by 1 person, car pooling has great potential improve the capacity of congested traffic corridors in cities, with minimal investment in infrastructure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carpool (305 words)

	Vehicle occupancy
		The Government’s recently-released Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy identifies increasing vehicle occupancy rates as one means of reducing energy use and CO emissions from transport.
		Measurements of the vehicle occupancy are often by simple observation of vehicles on the road.
		Hence, contrasting patterns may be found among several different types of vehicle occupancy: single-occupant vehicle, household adult passengers, household child passengers, non-household passengers.
	www.pinnacleresearch.co.nz /research/vehicle_occupancy.htm (334 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, TCRP Web Doc 5 Trends in Single Occupant Vehicle and Vehicle Miles of Travel Growth in the United ...
		In each case, separate models were estimated for the market share of single occupant vehicle, and the market share of public transit.
		We have cautioned throughout this report that the relationships of interest in a study such as this are inherently complex, and the ability to assign causality definitively is therefore limited.
		The mode} results indicate that at least 50% of the variation in the observed SOV share can be explained by changes in relative prices, accounting for both of the cost of the private vehicle mode as well as the cost of competing transit service.
	books.nap.edu /books/tcr005/html/52.html (2605 words)

	Vehicle occupant sensing system - US Patent 6441363 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A vehicle occupant sensing system includes a laser array that generates three beams.
		The laser array and the first, second, and third sensor assemblies are all mounted within a common housing that is mounted to a vehicle structure such as an A-pillar or rear view mirror.
		The control signal is used to control deployment of an airbag based on the position of the occupant within the vehicle.
	www.patentstorm.us /patents/6441363.html (451 words)

	Connecticut's Environment 200 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Major State programs for vehicle emission inspection, gasoline vapor recovery at t he bulk delivery level and limiting the evaporative properties of gasoline used in the summer months have been instituted.
		Significant efforts to reduce vehicle miles traveled have also been attempted in the form of transit use promotion and ridesharing including the construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
		Continued growth in the vehicle miles traveled on the State's highway system is ov erriding the progress made to date and major efforts to control both growth and emissions is necessary.
	www.pepps.fsu.edu /segip/states/CT/E2000/motor.html (401 words)

	Alexandria Rideshare: Carsharing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Carsharing is similar to car rental, the main differences being that an individual can use the carsharing vehicle for as short a time period as one hour, and the cars are located in the communities rather than at a central car rental location in which one would perhaps need to drive.
		To become a member of the organization and use the vehicles, one must complete an application and possibly pay an annual fee and security deposit.
		Fewer greenhouse gas emissions and particulates are emitted due to the fewer vehicle miles traveled and less congestion.
	www.alexride.org /carsharing.html (687 words)

	Three Wheeled Vehicle History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This was a 3-wheeled vehicle with a fixed, non-tilting rear engine pod and a rolling body module with a motorcycle front-end for steering.
		The vehicle tilt was controlled hydro-mechanically with a Schuler tuned pendulum acting both as a roll angle sensor and a hydraulic valve actuator.
		Their research has concentrated on the dynamic analysis of a 4-wheeled, front-steering vehicle concept with fully active tilting suspension (about a ground roll centre) capable of seating two occupants in a fore-aft arrangement.
	www.bath.ac.uk /mech-eng/zedis/history.htm (1185 words)

	Consumer Information: Why can't the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight get a carpool lane sticker?
		Following this date, vehicles that meet both SULEV and ILEV standards will not be permitted in the HOV lanes without meeting the minimum posted occupancy requirement.
		While the hybrid vehicles currently offered in California are very clean vehicles, they do fall short of the EVs and alternative fuel vehicles in several key areas and are not eligible for single occupant HOV lane use.
		SULEV vehicles also meeting the U.S. EPA ILEV standard can best be described as the "cleanest of the clean," being surpassed only by zero emission pure electric vehicles.
	www.arb.ca.gov /msprog/carpool/faq.htm (472 words)

	FSCC State News Services: The Economic Drag of Florida's Over-Reliance on Personal Vehicle Transportation, or Why Do ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This means more miles traveled in personal vehicles, more gasoline and oil purchased, more (and bigger) personal vehicles purchased, and more parking lots and lanes of pavement built.
		For example, the single greatest source of start-up capital for beginning entrepreneurs is their home equity.
		Fewer personal vehicles on Florida roads would also increase availability of road lanes for more efficient freight hauling, one of our state's most pressing needs, as well as more efficient movement of tourists and business travelers.
	sustainable.state.fl.us /fdi/fscc/news/state/0004/eco-brack.htm (1847 words)

	Online TDM Encyclopedia - Transit Oriented Development
		Average vehicle ownership, vehicle travel, and vehicle expenditures per household decline with increasing residential densities, proximity to public transit, and the portion of regional travel by rail transit (Holtzclaw, 1994; Litman, 2004a).
		Residents of cities with large, well-established rail transit systems spend an average of $2,808 on personal vehicles and transit (12.0% of their total household expenditures), compared with $3,332 in cities that lack rail systems (14.9% of total household expenditures), despite higher incomes and longer average commute distances in rail cities (Litman, 2004b).
		Rail transit tends to have the greatest impact on per-capita vehicle travel because it tends to have the greatest land use impacts.
	www.vtpi.org /tdm/tdm45.htm (5582 words)

	Subject Top Page: ELIGIBLE VEHICLES - SINGLE OCCUPANT CARPOOL LANE USE STICKERS
		Vehicles must meet one of the following four combinations of standards to qualify for the single occupant HOV lane sticker:
		Vehicles certified to both the California SULEV and the Federal ILEV emissions standards.
		Neighbor are Zero Emissions Vehicles certified to US DOT safety standards that only allow their use on roads with posted speed limits of 35 MPH or less.
	www.arb.ca.gov /msprog/carpool/carpool.htm (447 words)

	Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Component - 1995 Update of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the Central ...
		RT-12 Local jurisdictions are encouraged to consider establishing mode-split goals for nonsingle-occupancy vehicle travel to all significant employment centers to reflect that center's contribution to the solution of the region's transportation problem.
		The mission of this broad-based coalition of civic groups and individuals is to promote alternatives to the single- occupant vehicle by influencing public policy and funding.
		It sets goals for reduction of employees' vehicle miles traveled (and SOV rate) at 15 percent by 1995, 25 percent by 1997 and 35 percent by 1999.
	www.bts.gov /NTL/DOCS/mtp2.html (7759 words)

	SOV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - TESTVERSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		SOV is used in linguistic typology, and stands for Subject Object Verb.
		For transportation engineers and planners, SOV stands for Single Occupant Vehicle.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	www.wissen-im-web.net /wiki/SOV (100 words)

	Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey: Volume 2. Seat Belt Report. March, 2000. CHAPTER 1.
		Differences were relatively small across vehicle types, although lap only belts were slightly more likely among pickup trucks while shoulder only belts appeared somewhat less frequently among sport utility vehicles.
		The 1998 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey asked questions on alcohol use of all 8,215 respondents (i.e., the items were on both questionnaires), and questions on driving speed of the 4,000+ respondents who received Questionnaire Version #1.
		Among the few drivers who said they wore their seat belt less frequently when driving on the job, the single most common reason was that they were in and out of the vehicle all the time (27%).
	www.nhtsa.dot.gov /people/injury/research/SafetySurvey/Chapter1.html (5524 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, TCRP Web Doc 5 Trends in Single Occupant Vehicle and Vehicle Miles of Travel Growth in the United ...
		Vehicle miles traveled ~ Population and Households 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3C Part 1.
		Vehicle miles traveled Unpublished data compiled and supplied by the Federal Highway Administration from HPMS Areawide Mileage and Related Data.
		Private vehicle level of Congestion Index Texas Transportation Institute, Urban Roadway Congestion - 1982 to service 1992, Volume 1: Annual Report, Research Report 1131-7 (1982 Figure used) Average gas price US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, unleaded regular gasoline series by metropolitan area.
	books.nap.edu /books/tcr005/html/87.html (1167 words)

	How Much Do Bicycles Pollute? Looking at the Carbon Dioxide Produced by Bicycles
		People travel back and forth over the same roads every day, but food makes a single if roundabout trip as it is transported from the field to the local grain elevators, stockyard, or other storage area, to the factory, to the warehouse, and finally to the consumer.
		Even if we could eliminate 100% of the noxious chemicals produced by automobiles, we would still have pollution from gasoline before it goes into the vehicles, and we would still be facing a global warming disaster brought about by the overuse of fossil fuels.
		There are several alternatives in addition to riding bicycles, such as, carpooling or using mass transit to get to work, using one family vehicle for everyone instead of a separate car for each individual, combining several errands together into one trip, and using nearby stores instead of traveling across town for everything.
	www.kenkifer.com /bikepages/advocacy/bike_co2.htm (2020 words)

	[Report] The global market for vehicle occupant restraint systems: 2004 Edition
		While frontal and side airbag design has caught much of the limelight in terms of interior safety systems over the last decade, some vehicle makers are fitting safety equipment below the steering wheel in an effort to protect all parts of the occupant's body.
		The 2004 edition of this report reviews the key market drivers for vehicle occupant restraint systems, extending and updating the analysis previously published in 2001.
		Chapter three reviews the technical advances in vehicle occupant restraint systems, including the latest advanced airbag technologies, inflatable seatbelts as well as the latest developments in pedestrian protection.
	www.the-infoshop.com /study/abu23310_vehicle_occupant_restraint.html (363 words)

	NTPFES - POLICE - Fatal accident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At approximately 3.12 am this morning, a vehicle driven by the single occupant crashed through a fence at the corner of South Terrace and Walker Street, Alice Springs.
		Police located the vehicle on its roof in a yard inside the fence and nearby the body of male aboriginal, who was deceased.
		Police had been following the vehicle prior to the accident after it failed to stop at a random breath testing station.
	www.nt.gov.au /pfes/police/media/news/2004/05/20040518_fatal_asp.html (178 words)

	DC: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes are Criticized
		Johnson said those interested in cleaner air and less motor vehicle exhaust pollution should be supporting the pooling lanes, also known as HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lanes, because they will give commuters an incentive to get into buses, vanpools and carpools rather than continuing to drive to work alone.
		We think a high occupancy vehicle is a bus with 50 people or a rail car with 75 or 100 people in it," he said.
		If it is congested, turning one lane over to higher occupancy vehicles will, at least in the short run, cause increased delays for those who can't use the lane, she said.
	www.panix.com /~danielc/nj/hov-sl.htm (1558 words)

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