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MDC
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Jody,
The difference is that now, VDOT is saying that the express lanes are overutilized. |
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Jody
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In the 1970s VDOT saw how the express lanes were under utilized. To ease congestion on the regular lanes, VDOT recommended the law be changed to HOV+4 to allow carpools access to the express lanes. It gave people another choice on how to commute to work. That's not discrimination. The law provided an option for commuting just as it did to NoSUV with the hybrid exemption for HOV.
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MDC
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Get serious. Global warming (or cooling) is driven by factors not of this world and you know it. It matters not what you or I drive.
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NoSUV
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Originally posted by whatwoodido |
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MDC
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whatwoodido,
This is 2007, not 2003. Back then, if you saw congestion in the HOV lanes, you could blame it on violators(even though there was no congestion). Now, it's almost entirely caused by excess hybrids. |
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whatwoodido
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And if you drive a hybrid you get to shave off even more time because you don't need to stop and pick up slugs, or wait in a slug line to be picked up.
Hybrids are a problem but not the problem, cheaters are a much bigger problem. Let's keep in mind only one of these two groups is breaking the law. The other is taking advantage of a exemption. quote: |
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scottt
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quote: Hmmm, if I slug, commute time is about 50 mins. If I take mass transit, it's about 1.5 hours. And that's shorter how? --------- Still waiting for NoSUV to put up or shut up. |
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CallmeMrSlug
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The "real" reason is that it will curb his personal congestion not having anything but hybrids and buses on the HOV.
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TheRev
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raymond - Correct, but I want to hear the "real" reasons NoSUV believes the demise of the Slug lines will cure the congestion, not what has been posted.
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