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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.
Car sharing is a good way to use up the full seating capacity of a car, which would otherwise remain unused if it were just the driver using the car. 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]
In Jakarta, "car jockeys" had been paid by commuters to ride into the center of the city to permit the use of high-occupancy vehicle lanes [21] until the lanes were eliminated in 2017. [22] From 1979 to 1980, Marin County, California, implemented a flexible carpooling system using as meeting points several major intersections near bus stops. [23]
Select electric, plug-in hybrid and other alternative-fuel vehicles will lose access to the carpool lane starting Sept. 30, 2025, unless federal and state lawmakers act.
The first regular crossing of the Carquinez Strait began in the mid-1800s as a ferry operated between the cities of Benicia and Martinez, six miles upstream from the bridge site. Auto service started on this route in 1913. A train ferry operated between Benicia and Port Costa from 1879 until 1930 when a rail bridge opened. Ferry service at the ...
Auto rickshaws, also called velotaxis, have resurged as they are about 1/3 to 1/2 the cost of regular taxis. German velotaxis are three-wheeled, powered vehicles with a space for a driver and, behind the driver, space for two passengers. [43] Cycle rickshaws are used in many Asian, North American, and European cities. [16]
Carpool Karaoke was a recurring segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden, in which host James Corden invites famous musical guests to sing along to their songs with him whilst traveling in a car driven by Corden [1] on a planned route usually in Los Angeles, usually under the pretense of needing to get to work and preferring to use the high-occupancy carpool vehicle lane, [2] or the ...
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