Carpool lanes might become toll lanes

[GuliblGuy]

This would really suck..I carpool every day to work.

 

http://www.ocregister.com/news/lanes-502017-carpool-county.html

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Fan of this.    

[Lhalo]

There should have never been carpool lanes in the first place. What a waste.

[Tank]

not at all a fan of having to pay to drive. they can go pound sand.

[Angel Oracle]

What Tank said.

 

Have carpool lanes done anything like what they were intended to do?

[Ray McKigney]

You have sign up and pay to read articles on OC Register? Lame. What a joke.

[GuliblGuy]

Oops guess my article got screwed.

 

Basically, Federal regulations dictate that carpool lanes must move traffic at at least 45mph, even in rush hour, and I think only 2 freeways meet that currently.  So one of the proposed solutions is to make carpool lanes 3+ people, and turn them into toll lanes so people would pay to drive in them if they don't have 3+. 

 

Caltrans still doing studies, but once they turn in their findings to the gov't, they have 180 days to fix the problem.

[Tank]

a toll is a tax to drive on a road already paid for with our taxes. 

[Blarg]

The 10 freeway already converted its carpool lane to a toll road from El Monte to the East La interchange. All of 9 mines of toll road and they want over $4 a day during rush hour. They can go **** themselves.

[GuliblGuy]

Looks like this is already in place on part of 110

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-110-expressways-report-commute-20130322,0,4618555.story

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

You pay to drive all the time already this would just be a new twist on it.  If the carpool lanes aren't doing what they're intended to do then I don't oppose something being done to rectify it.  

[Blarg]

They have no solutions for the traffic problem in LA but they figured out a way to gouge more money out of people for their mistakes.

[Stradling]

I'd gladly pay it rather than sit in traffic especially on my way home from work. I value my off time too much to spend extra time on the freeway.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

California's population grew at a crazy rate for a while so by the time they got done expanding a freeway they probably already needed to do it again.  Add in the cost of expansions and especially eminent domain and I'm guessing it's not easy to simply make bigger freeways.  My commute is short and I can avoid freeways but if I ever can't like Stradling my time is worth enough to me to pay to get home quicker which is one reason I'm not opposed if the current setup isn't meeting federal requirements.

[Stradling]

A guy I worked with took the carpool lane everyday by himself. His father was a cop and told him that if he ever gets pulled over simply ask the cop what hours is it a carpool lane. If he still got the ticket fight it in court using the same question. Apparently all carpool lanes in Ca are suppose to have postings of times. I never tested it or researched it but sounds pretty interesting.

[Lhalo]

I ride in the carpool lane solo all the time. Never once have I had a problem.

[arch stanton]

I ride in the carpool lane solo all the time. Never once have I had a problem.

Apparently you are the problem. Just sayin.

[Lhalo]

I'll take note of that as I pass you by. 

[Spencer]

Leave early, beat traffic.

[TobiasFunke]

a toll is a tax to drive on a road already paid for with our taxes. 

Bingo

[Jay]

This just in:

 

The role of government has become to separate you from your money in order to finance itself.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

My boss did it for years.    If you figure you do it for year of business days and get one ticket.   It might be $350.    WIth about 200 and something work days, it's about $1.75 a day.    Rain were the best days.  They can't see who is in the car.