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Originally Posted by sonysnob
Except that HOV lanes aren't actually changing drivers behaviour. And they cost more, so the taxpayer is left footing the bill for a more expensive solution that isn't accomplishing its stated goal. It's a nice thought, but at least according to StatsCan, carpooling isn't growing in Toronto's CMA. You don't have to agree with me, but I didn't make those numbers up.
I'm familiar with slugging, and HOV restrictions that require more than one person per vehicle. In all of these cases, these are specific requirements for very urban downtown centres (in the case of DC, where slugging is common, it also has a very specific primary employment base), None of the examples where slugging or HOV-3+ are common are remotely comparable to the 400 going north to Barrie.
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The 401 proved that even with 18 lanes, traffic will only grow. The HOV lanes have also proved that they will not reduce congestion.
So, what is the solution?
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