Thursday, August 11
Goodbye Carpool Lanes
Now that the president has signed the transportation bill, and since the bill authorizes hybrid vehicles to enter high-occupancy vehicle lanes without being high-occupancy, and given the rising popularity of hybrid vehicles, let's all say "goodbye" to HOV lanes (along with a tentative "hope to see you again soon"):
The [California Air Resources Board] announced Wednesday that drivers of the Toyota Prius, as well as Honda's hybrid Civic and Insight, may now apply for the [$8 permit] decals. On July 29, when the [transportation] bill passed out of Congress, attorneys at the Air Resources Board were still poring over the 1,800-page legislation to make sure it allowed the California program to proceed.
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