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A high-occupancy vehicle lane on Interstate 5 in Seattle. A high-occupancy vehicle lane (also known as an HOV lane, carpool lane, diamond lane, 2+ lane, and transit lane or T2 or T3 lanes) is a restricted traffic lane reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and at least one passenger, including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.
In 2009, carpooling represented 43.5% of all trips in the United States [2] and 10% of commute trips. [3] The majority of carpool commutes (over 60%) are "fam-pools" with family members. [4] Carpool commuting is more popular for people who work in places with more jobs nearby, and who live in places with higher residential densities. [5]
Carpools of two people or more, transit, vanpools and motorcycles may still use the HOT as a regular HOV lane, free of charge but will need the transponder as it is the only way to communicate that you are an HOV vehicle: all vehicles without a transponder are tolled even with multiple people in the car.
A 2022 update to California's Clean Air Vehicle decals granted low- and zero-emission vehicles access to HOV lanes just until Sept. 30, 2025. At the time of the update, there were 411,133 vehicles ...
PHOTO: Matt Houlihan and his siblings, Kelsey Houlihan Ford and Brian Houlihan, surprised their father, Tim Houlihan, on his last day of work with one last shared carpool ride. (Matt Houlihan)
Since guiding 3,000 pounds of steel and flammables down a freeway at 70 mph while dodging drivers of similar weapons is such an easy task, we have managed to come up with a multitude of things we ...
FasTrak high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes along Interstate 15 southbound in Escondido, California, displaying the variable fee.. A high-occupancy toll lane (HOT lane) is a type of traffic lane or roadway that is available to high-occupancy vehicles and other exempt vehicles without charge; other vehicles are required to pay a variable fee that is adjusted in response to demand.
Moovit already has its own carpool system, but Waze has a much larger community of drivers. They're launching a pilot program in the US, Brazil, Mexico and Israel that would make Waze Carpool ...