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Originally Posted by libtard
HOV lanes are outdated and under utilized. Can't believe we're going to dedicate 1/3 of the capacity for this new highway section to an HOV lane which in metro van is only used 11% by commuters which means its even less used overall
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To be fair though, people in the Valley (and BC in general) do not know how to properly drive on a multi-lane highway. There is no keep right except to pass in BC; it's right lane is for slow losers.
On the Trans Canada through Burnaby, where it's 4 lanes and 3 are general purpose, for most of the day people avoid the right most lane. Even in rush hour, probably only around 11% of vehicles in the General Purpose lanes are in the right most lane (it is definitely not an even 1/3 across all lanes).
So I think judging road space effectiveness by pure vehicle volume is not looking at the whole picture. I think it is proper to reward (and thus encourage) people who travel travel together or sustainably.