Tag: high-occupancy vehicle lanes

Roadbuilding

Caltrans marks beginning of $370M SAC 5 Corridor Enhancement Project

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) released a statement marking the beginning of the $370 million SAC 5 Corridor Enhancement Project to reduce congestion on Interstate 5 by installing 67 miles of new and rehabilitated lanes from 1 mile south of Elk Grove Blvd. to the American River viaduct north of downtown Sacramento, The Sacramento […]

August 14, 2019

Roadbuilding

Most expensive Nev. public works project, Las Vegas Project Neon, nearly finished

The three-year, $1 billion widening of Interstate 15 in Las Vegas and the addition of 20 miles of HOV lanes is almost completed, with a grand finale ribbon-cutting planned for August 8 to wrap up the most expensive public works project in Nevada history. Project Neon, as it has been dubbed, consists of 63 lane […]

July 29, 2019

Roadbuilding

Carma app, Bluetooth beacons detect passengers for automatic HOV-lane toll refunds

North Texas drivers could use an app to qualify to receive toll refunds. The Carma app counts each person in a vehicle when traveling the lanes on toll roads.

October 16, 2018

Roadbuilding

Texas HOV lanes could bring in transportation funds from single-passenger cars

Transportation infrastructure in Texas could get a boost in revenue from single-passenger cars in certain high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has proposed creating a partial toll in the HOV lanes on U.S. 75 from LBJ Freeway to McDermott Drive, WFAA reports. The plan would allow single riders on that portion […]

June 25, 2014

Roadbuilding

Are Laws Made to be Broken?

I thought the point of carpool lanes was to cut down on the amount of drivers for traffic and environmental reasons. However, it looks like these once-designated lanes are more of an option than a set rule. In Los Angeles on AB 405, lone drivers will be able to cruise in carpool lanes during certain […]

September 12, 2013