Allowing drivers to buy their way into carpool lanes without the requisite number of passengers has become one of the hottest trends in transportation.
Carpool lanes that drivers without the qualifying number of passengers can buy their way into are one of the hottest trends in transportation. The state Legislature, Congress and Bay Area transportation officials all have embraced them as a creative way to finance highway or transit expansion and cut congestion.
'The last 18 months have seen an explosion of proposals and interest,' said Robert Poole, a transportation researcher and founder of the Reason Foundation, which advocates toll lanes. 'Virtually every major metropolitan area in the country is talking about them.' "
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FULL STORY: Toll lanes could help drivers buy time: Bay Area officials embrace HOT trend in transportation
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