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	SANBAG: Carpool Lanes
		Carpool lanes are special lanes on a roadway reserved exclusively for the use of carpools, vanpools, buses and certain ultra-low emission vehicles.
		Carpool lanes are intended to save time for carpool users, bus riders, and drivers of certain ultra-low emission vehicles by enabling them to bypass areas of heavy traffic congestion.
		Carpool lanes are designed to be free of congestion and sometimes appear to be "empty," especially when compared with adjacent, congested, general-purpose lanes.
	www.sanbag.ca.gov /commuter/carpool_faq.html (605 words)

	Interstate 580 carpool lane construction to start
		There are also plans to construct a merging westbound carpool lane along I-580 through I-680, as well as a designated truck lane from Flynn Road to the Altamont Pass summit, transportation officials said.
		Plans for the eastbound carpool lane, which is expected to be completed in the fall of 2008, was delayed for a year when transportation officials failed to secure $75 million needed for the project, Hart said.
		Carpool lanes are meant to reduce traffic by limiting lane access to carpooling commuters, said John Goodwin, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area's regional transportation planning agency.
	recordnet.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050726/NEWS01/507260308/... (448 words)

	Carpool lane a vehicle of socialist ideology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The carpool lane mainly helps those who happen to share a ride, not those who share a ride to help the environment or reduce traffic.
		Carpool lane advocates optimistically assert that the lane will save people gas money and cozily claim that they help the common man the most.
		In short, my comrades, the carpool lane is at once a crystallization of socialist values and a devious way to implement them.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=29945 (626 words)

	Reason Foundation Commentary: Time to Ditch Carpool Lanes for Toll Lanes
		Carpooling has even slipped in metro areas like San Francisco and Washington, D.C. where commuters have plenty of carpool lanes and aren't shy about "slugging," that is carpooling with strangers.
		Carpooling has tumbled in LA, even though the region is home to the nation's most extensive network of carpool lanes.
		It might be convenient for a mom to take her daughter to soccer practice via the carpool lane, but if the child is under the legal driving age, this sort of carpool does not spare the road from an extra car.
	www.reason.org /commentaries/balaker_20060206.shtml (826 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Diamond Lanes Aren't a Pregnant Girl's Best Friend
		Pregnant woman tries to beat carpool lane ticket by asserting her fetus counts as a second person.
		HOV (aka carpool or diamond) lanes are restricted to those vehicles that have a stated minimum number of occupants or (in some parts of the U.S.) bear the appropriate stickers granting them that right (i.e.
		Because they are generally less populated than the rest of the highway, HOV lanes pose a temptation to unaccompanied drivers snarled in the daily commute and wistfully looking over at the more free-flowing diamond lanes.
	www.snopes.com /autos/law/carpool.asp (774 words)

	High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes
		HOV lanes on Highway 403 and 404 are the inside (leftmost) lane and are identified by signs and diamond symbols on the pavement.
		For the purposes of HOV lane travel, adults and children occupying a seat are considered passengers.
		Those participating in carpooling arrangements must ensure they are in full compliance with all applicable laws including those relating to applicable licensing/insurance requirements as well as the rules of the road.
	www.mto.gov.on.ca /english/traveller/hov (1075 words)

	High-occupancy vehicle lane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An HOV or carpool may be allowed to travel on special road lanes, usually denoted with a diamond marking in the United States, on which single occupant vehicles are prohibited, called carpool lanes or diamond lanes.
		Some HOV lanes are built on totally separate roadways from their corresponding general use lanes; some are constructed on parallel roads separated by a concrete barrier, while others are built on grade-separated (i.e.
		One symptom of HOV lanes that refutes the contention that HOV lanes are not effective has been the slugging phenomenon of the Washington DC metro area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carpool_lane (1616 words)

	metro.net \| Metro HOV (Carpool) Performance Program: Los Angeles County HOV System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As of January 2000, the State of California had 925 HOV lane miles, representing approximately 1.9% of the state highway system's total lane miles.* Over 40% of these HOV facilities (380 lane miles) can be found in Los Angeles County.
		During this period, a "Commuter Lane" was added to the SR-91 Freeway as the only new HOV lane project in the County.
		Between June 1997 and June 2000, 111 lane miles of HOV lanes were added to the County HOV system, bringing the total system to 380 lane miles.
	www.mta.net /projects_plans/HOV/la_county.htm (883 words)

	Hybrids in the carpool lane on carlist.com
		In the Bay Area (San Francisco) in California there are carpool lanes that allow you to go over the Bay Bridge for free if you carry three people in your car.
		Carpools are meant for one reason; taking cars off the road.
		FHWA has advised states that allow solo drivers of certain alternative fuel and gas-electric hybrid vehicles on their HOV lanes that they must discontinue the practice if current federal law is not changed in the surface transportation reauthorization now pending in Congress.
	www.carlist.com /autonews/2005/autonews_173.html (951 words)

	Through the Magnifying Glass: Fetus in the Carpool Lane
		According to traffic law, sole occupant vehicles are not allowed to use the carpool lanes during morning and evening rush hours Monday thru Friday.
		Dickinson was fined $367 for improper use of a HOV lane, but she still believes she has the right to use the carpool lane.
		The common sense idea of the carpool lane is to reduce traffic congestion.
	blog.case.edu /james.chang/2006/01/12/fetus_in_the_carpool_lane (453 words)

	UDOT - I-15 CARPOOL CONNECTION: Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The new carpool lanes from the SR 92 interchange in Alpine to University Parkway in Orem are now open to motorists and speeds are back up to 65 mph.
		Southbound I-15 will be restricted to one lane from 1200 West in Lehi to 500 East in American Fork, and from 800 North to University Parkway in Orem, between the hours of 8 p.m.
		Northbound I-15 will be restricted to one lane from University Parkway to 800 North in Orem and from 500 East in American Fork to 1200 West in Lehi, between the hours of 10 p.m.
	udot.utah.gov /i15carpool (158 words)

	Woodalls Open Roads Forum: Around the Campfire: Stupid Carpool lane rules.
		Carpool lanes are the most agregous form of social engineering I have ever seen.
		If the logic behind letting Hybrids in the carpool lane is because the get such good gas milage, what about gas powered honda and other cars that get almost the same milage.
		The idea for the carpool lane wasn't originally for cars that got good gas mileage.
	www.woodalls.com /forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/16011270.cfm (503 words)

	In the carpool lane, a never-ending game of cat and mouse / Trickery and excuses abound as CHP tracks Bay Bridge ...
		For many commuters, the carpool lanes, especially the ones leading to the Bay Bridge, the busiest toll bridge in America, are a godsend.
		The tricks of the carpool violators are legion and varied.
		Some solo drivers will sneak down the left carpool lane and quietly turn into the parking lot at the east end of the toll plaza building.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/08/CARPOOL.TMP (1284 words)

	Carpool lane facts, San Franscisco Bay Area
		Carpool lane construction is a solo driver incentive in disguise: new solodrivers outnumber new carpoolers by (rounded off) two to four times.
		But in all cases carpool lanes are newly constructed lanes or the even worse situation of allowing HOVs to use bus lanes (the latter for the Bay Bridge).
		Carpool lanes are promoted by highway construction interests:
	moderntransit.org /hov/hov-facts.html (1688 words)

	crossing carpool hard lane marker in SoCal - fine? - ShopForum
		My brother-in-law was late for a flight and cut into the carpool (or was it FastTrack?) lane on CA91 near Corona where there wasn't a painted break.
		I think that crossing the yellow line to go into the carpool lane is similar to crossing a double-yellow-line on a 2 lane highway to pass someone.
		I double line represents an imaginary traffic island and travelers can only ingress or egress from the carpool lanes where the line is broken.
	www.mercedesshop.com /shopforum/showthread.php?t=83963 (774 words)

	Hybrid Cars In Carpool Lane Data, Information And Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hybrid cars join the revolution Saturday, July 30, 2005 hybrid cars head into carpool lane under the new transportation bill, solo drivers in hybrid cars will be able to utilize the carpool lane.
		Hybrid cars coming soon to carpool lanes Thursday, august 4, 2005 knowing that you're able to drive in that car pool lane would be huge.
		The fact that the new hybrid friendly carpool lane policy violates the let's all pitch in together to save the planet the truth about cars design red wing studio.
	www.carpool-vanpool-rideshare.info /hybrid-cars-in-carpool-lane.html (839 words)

	Consumer Information: Why can't the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight get a carpool lane sticker?
		The stringent ILEV standard limits AB71’s eligibility for single-occupant use of the state's 1,159 miles of HOV lanes to electric vehicles or those that run on compressed natural gas or liquid petroleum gas (propane).
		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.
	www.arb.ca.gov /msprog/carpool/faq.htm (472 words)

	WSDOT - High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		WSDOT is closely monitoring the lanes to determine whether the revised policy has had an effect on traffic speed, volume, safety, and HOV lane use.
		Tolls for HOT lanes are set to ensure that these lanes keep flowing even when the regular lanes are congested.
		WSDOT is investigating the feasibility of converting the HOV lanes on SR 167 between Renton and Auburn to HOT lanes as a pilot project.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /hov (339 words)

	Going To Extremes To Use The Carpool Lane \| Planetizen
		A commuter resorts to creative, but illegal means to use the carpool lane.
		"Carpool lanes are making criminals out of people who are simply trying to make it to work on time," California Assemblyman Ray Haynes, a Riverside Republican, wrote in a 2000 editorial against carpool lanes.
		Merely more evidence that we grant more privledge to the use of HOV lanes than is justified by our obligation to provide rational transportation capacity.
	www.planetizen.com /node/17881 (392 words)

	Carpool lane/bridge toll question - South Bay Riders
		If you are in carpool lane during carpool times then ride on.
		If you go through the FasTrak lane during commute hours, you WILL be charged, even though you qualify as a carpool.
		If you have a FasTrak and are crossing into SF during non-commute hours, take the FasTrak lane, otherwise, get in line and pay the toll.
	www.southbayriders.com /forums/showthread.php?t=9882 (460 words)

	Do you illegally use the carpool lane? - NASIOC
		I hate the farking carpool lanes with a passion because I think they are illegal as hell, and completely useless at resolving pollution issues and relieving congestion My dream is to organize a bay area carpool revolution.
		Alot of the car pool lanes in southern california are completly seperated from the other lanes.
		It was kind of funny watching traffic cruise by in the normal lanes, with a traffic jam in the HOV lane.
	forums.nasioc.com /forums/showthread.php?t=166090 (1032 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > North County -- Carpool lane crackdown starts
		SAN DIEGO – The California Highway Patrol began cracking down on drivers Tuesday who were illegally using the carpool lanes along an eight-mile stretch of Interstate 15 from Mira Mesa to Rancho Peñasquitos.
		If transponders are placed on a car seat or in a glove box – instead of in the top center portion of the windshield, directly behind the rear mirror – the machine will not work properly and the fee won't be collected.
		People driving alone in the carpool lanes will be issued citations that call for a fine of at least $341.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/northcounty/20050913-0846-bn13carpool.html (344 words)

	FasTrak® - Keeping the Bay Area Moving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		However, unlike carpools, which are allowed to drive toll-free across the toll bridges during designated commute hours, single-occupancy hybrid vehicles must still pay tolls when driving across the Bay Area toll bridges in an HOV/carpool lane.
		Therefore, carpool vehicles or single-occupant hybrid vehicles on these bridges must use lanes that are staffed by toll collectors and can pay their tolls using either FasTrak® or cash.
		No. If you have the minimum number of occupants in your vehicle to qualify as a carpool vehicle (i.e., either 2 or 3, depending on the carpool policies of the bridge you are crossing), you are allowed to drive toll-free across the bridge.
	www.bayareafastrak.org /static/info/hybrid_instructions.shtml (1583 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Passing out super-sized medicine bottles to reinforce a new "Carpool: It's the Travel Decongestant" campaign, UDOT Executive Director John Njord along with Gov. Olene S. Walker and acting Salt Lake County Mayor Alan Dayton, celebrated the importance of the freeway widening and the extension of the carpool lanes into Utah County.
		Twenty-five miles of continuous carpool lanes on I-15 are now available, from 600 North in Salt Lake County to the Alpine interchange in Utah County.
		Additional Lanes on I-15 The I-15 South project added the following lanes: Southbound I-15 - From three lanes to five lanes from 10600 South to the Utah County line, and from three to four lanes from the Utah County line to the Alpine interchange.
	www.utah.gov /governorwalker/newsrels/2004/udot_carpool.doc (428 words)

	HeraldNet: Slowpoke in carpool lane has his rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The carpool lane is wide open because everyone else is stubbornly driving by themselves.
		Soon your breezy ride is interrupted by a slow-moving carpooler crawling ahead in the distance.
		I mention this because of a deteriorating condition of the center lane at the Union Slough bridge at the first expansion joint.
	www.heraldnet.com /stories/06/06/19/100loc_b2street001.cfm (571 words)

	MTA - Special Programs
		Commuter groups of three or more using the MassPike and the Sumner/Callahan Tunnels are eligible to participate in the FAST LANE Carpool Program.
		Carpool registrants receive a discount on the regular price of daily tolls, and are responsible for paying this discounted carpool fee plus a one-time FAST LANE transponder fee (Fee Schedule). This transponder is valid 24 hours a day, seven days a week, provided there are three or more passengers in the vehicle.
		The Resident Discount / FAST LANE Program is available for residents of South Boston, East Boston, and the North End traveling in non-commercial (passenger) vehicles through the Sumner / Callahan or Ted Williams Tunnels.
	www.massturnpike.com /travel/fastlane/special_programs.html (654 words)

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	USATODAY.com - Learning a lot from a dummy, man busted in carpool lane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Morgan, 28, got a $351 citation for putting a kickboxing dummy in the passenger seat of his car, then driving in a lane reserved for vehicles carrying more than one person.
		Thompson often parks next to the car pool lane and stands on his car door rail to look down into passing vehicles.
		His point of view allowed him to see Morgan's dummy — which was wearing a Miami Dolphins jacket and a baseball cap, but had no legs.
	www.usatoday.com /news/offbeat/2005-11-04-carpool-ticket_x.htm?csp=34 (229 words)

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