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   Anybody know what the issue was with HOV lanes this morning??????  Traffic was slow from Springfield to Glebe road.

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610toCrystalCity Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 610toCrystalCity Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Jul 2005 at 2:17pm
	Anybody know what the issue was with HOV lanes this morning?????? Traffic was slow from Springfield to Glebe road.

MDC Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MDC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 2005 at 11:56pm
	I forgot to mention how much better it was on Wednesday [/sarcasm] Not a single accident or incident to look at either.

cdatkins Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote cdatkins Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jul 2005 at 8:58am
	You'd think it was...and it was well nigh impossible to get a ride today too. I thought with the surplus of slugs there was no way traffic would be bad...

sluDgE Members Profile Find Members Posts Master Slug Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Status: Offline Points: 501	Post Options Post Reply Quote sluDgE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jul 2005 at 8:58am
	MDC, No .. not yet. Traffic will get a bit heavier in the autumn when schools are back in session. [:p] Next year ... we should give up hope for Lent. [;)] Keep on sluggin'! [:)]

MDC Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MDC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jul 2005 at 8:31am
	Is summer over already? It must be considering the traffic in HOV...

MDC Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MDC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 2005 at 2:09pm
	I think if the HOV lanes weren't so backed up nearly every day, more people would be motivated to try slugging. Hybrid drivers forget too easily that it's not as simple as leave your house, get on HOV, stop at work.

cdatkins Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote cdatkins Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 2005 at 1:26pm
	"Why do you think toll roads are getting such traction? It's not from the current users of HOV! It's from all of the people in the regular lanes." Who themselves are perfectly free to slug, but for whatever reason, choose not to. It seems to be quintessentially American to complain that other Americans must be forced to join you in your own misery.

getmehome pweeze Members Profile Find Members Posts Master Slug Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 501	Post Options Post Reply Quote getmehome pweeze Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 2005 at 9:21am
	I think I speak for many on this site, when I say, Hush now NoSUV, we get it. Toll roads, blah blah blah. If it happens, good for you. :'}

NoSUV Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NoSUV Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 2005 at 8:24am
	But HOV STILL moves far better that the regular lanes! Without the exemptions, HOV would have no traffic and regular lanes completely stopped. That's unpalatable for all of those drivers, hence pressure on politicians, and hence toll roads. Why do you think toll roads are getting such traction? It's not from the current users of HOV! It's from all of the people in the regular lanes. Hybrid owners might possibly have more cash to give to politicians to encourage the lawmakers to allow hybrids in the HOV lanes - if not through exemption, then through tolls. Slugs intentionally alienated hybrid owners - the lash back is toll advocacy. Every anti-hybrid post only makes the toll roads make more sense to ease regular lane congestion.

MDC Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MDC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jun 2005 at 1:24pm
	NoSUV, Those were last year's numbers you're going by. The MAJOR issue in the HOV lanes is the number of exempt-from-HOV-3 vehicles. If there weren't exemptions and traffic was heavy in HOV, I'm willing to bet that people wouldn't be as ticked off about it.