Comments on: Study: Car pool lanes don’t help http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:08:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Barry http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-10448 Barry Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:11:05 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/03/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help/#comment-10448 With a vehicle flow rate of 1600 per hour instead of 2000 per hour, that means you would have to carry 1.25 people in your car to be the equivalent of all those solo-driving jerks in the right-hand lanes. Fortunately, you're required to carry at least 2 people in your car to use the HOV lanes, so the problem is solved. With a vehicle flow rate of 1600 per hour instead of 2000 per hour, that means you would have to carry 1.25 people in your car to be the equivalent of all those solo-driving jerks in the right-hand lanes. Fortunately, you’re required to carry at least 2 people in your car to use the HOV lanes, so the problem is solved.

]]> By: vp http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-10434 vp Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:12:33 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/03/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help/#comment-10434 Carpool lane was the most proven stupid idea that the goverment is still holding on. Maybe the state revenue, generating from ticketing, depends on it so much that they can't afford to abolish it. I don't like the argument like #2, non-sense! You don't create laws to clog up the road then hope that someone will carpool. Don't you stupid beaucrats know how much time and gas being wasted by the working people while sitting in traffic? There are incentives offered by the private companies and, I believe, tax exemption for carpool already but most people just can't take it because carpooling is not realistic solution in our daily lives. Carpool lane was the most proven stupid idea that the goverment is still holding on. Maybe the state revenue, generating from ticketing, depends on it so much that they can’t afford to abolish it. I don’t like the argument like #2, non-sense! You don’t create laws to clog up the road then hope that someone will carpool. Don’t you stupid beaucrats know how much time and gas being wasted by the working people while sitting in traffic? There are incentives offered by the private companies and, I believe, tax exemption for carpool already but most people just can’t take it because carpooling is not realistic solution in our daily lives.

]]> By: Jason http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-10374 Jason Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:12:10 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/03/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help/#comment-10374 The carpool lane is jammed by one person deciding to drive slow in it. The non-carpool lanes get shafted by having one less lane. Absolutely no advantage, just a social-political promotion for the idea of "carpooling". Carpooling is a difficult idea to sell because everyone needs to go to different places to work, and coworkers do not live next door to each other. Carpooling does not work in America unless have some kind of socio-city-planning-localization revolution. The carpool lane is jammed by one person deciding to drive slow in it.

The non-carpool lanes get shafted by having one less lane.

Absolutely no advantage, just a social-political promotion for the idea of “carpooling”. Carpooling is a difficult idea to sell because everyone needs to go to different places to work, and coworkers do not live next door to each other. Carpooling does not work in America unless have some kind of socio-city-planning-localization revolution.

]]> By: gsh http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-10330 gsh Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:03:41 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/03/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help/#comment-10330 hahah you would only need to commute on the 405 to know the carpool doesnt do jack shit....when all other lanes are clogged and people want to get out of the carpool, how can they get out? plus with everyone and their mom getting a prius with the access sticker, the carpool lane is used by cars with only one person inside! hahah you would only need to commute on the 405 to know the carpool doesnt do jack ****….when all other lanes are clogged and people want to get out of the carpool, how can they get out? plus with everyone and their mom getting a prius with the access sticker, the carpool lane is used by cars with only one person inside!

]]> By: Chris G http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-10295 Chris G Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:28:51 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/03/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help/#comment-10295 That's because people still don't carpool! That’s because people still don’t carpool!

]]> By: teknomusik http://www.leftlanenews.com/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-10248 teknomusik Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:16:32 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/03/study-car-pool-lanes-dont-help/#comment-10248 I could have told them that! I could have told them that!

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