Minnesota's Anti-carpool Lane Experiment

The Minnesota legislature wanted to try opening the carpool and bus lanes to general traffic. They found out that it is not a simple matter.

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July 25, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"It sounds easy enough: Open the carpool-bus lanes to general traffic, and see what happens... Congress would have to exempt I-35W from federal funding rules before a test on that freeway could even be considered, Steger said. Those rules don't apply to I-394, but he said a test there will be considered only after a review of facts and figures that show it would be in the public interest." Critics of the carpool-bus lanes feel that the lanes are not paying off and are underused.

Thanks to Chris Steins

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Tuesday, July 24, 2001 in Star Tribune

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