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Originally Posted by jhausner
Don't understand this notion that the HOV lanes aren't used or HOV use is dropping. I have never driven HWY 1 at any point of the day where the HOV lanes aren't as used as the other general traffic lanes.
As has been pointed out, "carpoolers" statistics is completely useless. Carpools are difficult to put together and people change jobs often enough that those statistics will swing around constantly. Case and point, you take a van of carpoolers with 5 people travelling together, then 2 people leave so now you have 3 people carpooling.
So from an HOV perspective, nothing has changed, but from a "Carpoolers" statistics perspective, you have 40% less carpoolers now so the poster 2 pages ago would then claim "SEE HOV USE DOWN 40%!" when that's completely false and misleading.
Learn to read statistics please before posting them like you're an authority.
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I'm sorry but I feel the part in bold, is kind of a ridiculous assertion. Now I don't drive highway 1 every day but, every time I do there is with out a doubt far less traffic in the hov lanes then the general purpose lanes. As an experiment try looking at the webcams, and try to find a picture at anytime from anywhere when there is equal or more cars in the hov lane then in the general purpose lanes (either of them). I think you will find that you will have a very hard time finding this scenario (I spent 5 mins randomly clicking different cameras at different times and locations and could not find one example).
I'm taking no stance on if hov lanes are good are not (I do have an opinion but it has nothing to do with this comment). I just felt that your statement is not really based in reality imho.
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