HOT lanes: A better way to attack urban highway congestion
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ridesharing and thereby reduce highway congestion, travel delays, and air pollution. But drivers, environmentalists, and transportation researchers increasingly question whether the benefits of Hov lanes exceed their costs. Underused Hov lanes irritate most drivers; environmental groups do not believe that Hov lanes reduce auto traffic; transportation researchers find that HOV lanes do little to relieve congestion; and elected officials are under increasing pressure to convert Hov lanes to general-purpose lanes.
High-occupancy toll lanes benefit all highway users-not just the affluent
HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES WERE ONCE
seen as innovative and beneficial. It was claimed that Hov lanes would encourage
As a result of disenchantment with Hov lanes, several metropolitan areas are experimenting with a new way of using the lanes: opening them to paying customers as highoccupancy toll (HOT) lanes. As of 2000, two such projects were in operation in California and another in Texas.
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